Written by a leader in the field of low vision research, this book discusses the role of vision in
reading, focusing on the reading performance of people with normal, healthy vision and …

Very little is known about the effects of visual impairment on reading. We used
psychophysical methods to study reading by 16 low-vision observers. Reading rates were …

This is the seventh in a series of papers describing the role of vision in reading. In the
previous studies, we have relied on a subject's fastest reading rate as a psychophysical …

This is the eighth in a series of papers dealing with the role of vision in reading. In previous
papers, we have evaluated the effects of stimulus and subject variables on reading rate …

Abstract colon; Most people with low vision need magnification to read. Page navigation is
the process of moving a magnifier during reading. Modern electronic technology can provide …

Clinicians need to estimate how well their low-vision patients will perform everyday visual
tasks such as reading or driving. Typically, it is not practical to measure task performance …

Eye Movements in Reading: Perceptual and Language Processes focuses on eye
movement and cognitive processes as a way to study the reading process. This book also …

The visual span in reading is the number of characters that can be recognized at a glance.
The shrinking visual span hypothesis attributes reading speed deficits in low vision, and …

Most people with low vision require magnification to read. A magnifier's field of view often
contains only a few letters at a time. Page navigation is the process by which the reader …

Text can be depicted by luminance contrast (ie, differences in luminance between
characters and background) or by color contrast (ie, differences in chromaticity). We used a …