Purpose As the prevalence of age-related visual impairment increases, a greater
understanding of the physiological and cognitive capacities that are recruited during braille …

Learning letter and speech sound (LS) associations is a major step in reading acquisition
common for all alphabetic scripts, including Braille used by blind readers. The left superior …

Blind people are known to have superior perceptual abilities in their remaining senses.
Several studies suggest that these enhancements are dependent on the specific experience …

In the current study we investigated word, pseudoword and story reading in Dutch speaking
braille and print readers. To examine developmental patterns, these reading skills were …

The purpose of this literature review is to identify, categorize, and critically appraise research
papers related to mobile apps for visually impaired people in language learning. This study …

Reading comprehension is particularly important in blind children. The study investigated if
morphological awareness, phonological awareness, and rapid automatized naming …

The relations between reading, auditory, speech, phonological and tactile spatial processing
are investigated in a Dutch speaking sample of blind braille readers as compared to sighted …

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of reading mode (oral and silent
reading) and braille reading patterns (one-handed pattern, mark pattern, parallel pattern …

The role of the left ventral occipitotemporal cortex (vOT) in reading is well-established in
both sighted and blind readers. Its role in speech processing remains only partially …

Introduction The present study assesses the performance of students who are visually
impaired (that is, those who are blind or have low vision) in braille reading accuracy and …