Reading in the presence of macular disease: a mini‐review

STL Chung - Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Reading is vital to full participation in modern society. To millions of people
suffering from macular disease that results in a central scotoma, reading is difficult and …

[PDF][PDF] Microperimetric biofeedback training: fundamentals, strategies and perspectives

EM Vingolo, G Napolitano, S Fragiotta - Front Biosci, 2018 - article.imrpress.com
Microperimetric biofeedback training (MBFT) is a visual rehabilitative strategy based on
fixation stability improvement reinforcing or creating a new preferential fixation locus. The …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics of fixational eye movements in amblyopia: Limitations on fixation stability and acuity?

STL Chung, G Kumar, RW Li, DM Levi - Vision research, 2015 - Elsevier
Persons with amblyopia, especially those with strabismus, are known to exhibit abnormal
fixational eye movements. In this paper, we compared six characteristics of fixational eye …

Effects of home reading training on reading and quality of life in AMD—a randomized and controlled study

K Kaltenegger, S Kuester, E Altpeter-Ott… - Graefe's Archive for …, 2019 - Springer
Background Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes reading impairment, reduced
quality of life (QoL), and secondary depression. We have shown that support with …

A new font, specifically designed for peripheral vision, improves peripheral letter and word recognition, but not eye-mediated reading performance

JB Bernard, C Aguilar, E Castet - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Reading speed is dramatically reduced when readers cannot use their central vision. This is
because low visual acuity and crowding negatively impact letter recognition in the periphery …

Random word recognition chart helps scotoma assessment in low vision

M MacKeben, UKW Nair, LL Walker… - Optometry and Vision …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Purpose To evaluate the use of SKread, a vision test based on random word sequences that
prevents the prediction of upcoming words by linguistic criteria and is simple to score in a …

Clustering of eye fixations: A new oculomotor determinant of reading speed in maculopathy

A Calabrese, JB Bernard, G Faure… - … & visual science, 2016 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: To describe and quantify a largely unnoticed oculomotor pattern that often occurs
when patients with central field loss (CFL) read continuous text: Horizontal distribution of eye …

Evaluation of a gaze-controlled vision enhancement system for reading in visually impaired people

C Aguilar, E Castet - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
People with low vision, especially those with Central Field Loss (CFL), need magnification to
read. The flexibility of Electronic Vision Enhancement Systems (EVES) offers several ways of …

Evaluation of eye movements and visual performance in patients with cataract

Y Wan, J Yang, X Ren, Z Yu, R Zhang, X Li - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Eye movement is an essential component of visual perception. Eye movement disorders
have been observed in many eye disease, and are thought to affect various visual …

What Is a Preferred Retinal Locus?

L Tarita-Nistor, I Sverdlichenko… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
This review examines the concept of the preferred retinal locus (PRL) in patients with
macular diseases. Considering monocular and binocular viewing, we (a) explain how to …