Factors affecting the reading media used by visually impaired adults

The British Journal of Visual Impairment

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-127

  Goudiras, Dimitrios B ^a   Papadopoulos, Konstantinos S ^a   Koutsoklenis, Athanasios Ch ^a   Papageorgiou, Virginia E ^a   Stergiou, Maria S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

basic medium; braille; frequency of use; reading media; visual impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992785611     PISSN: 02646196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0264619609102214     Document Type: Article

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