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Reading charts in ophthalmology
- Source :
- Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- A new generation of logarithmic reading charts has sparked interest in standardized reading performance analyses. Such reading charts have been developed according to the standards of the International Council of Ophthalmology. The print size progression in these calibrated charts is in accordance with the mathematical background of EN ISO 8596. These reading charts are: the Bailey-Lovie Word Reading Chart, the Colenbrander English Continuous Text Near Vision Cards, the Oculus Reading Probe II, the MNREAD Charts, the SKread Charts, and the RADNER Reading Charts. The test items used for these reading charts differ among the charts and are standardized to various extents. The Bailey-Lovie Charts, MNREAD Charts, SKread Charts, and RADNER Charts are also meant to measure reading speed and allow determination of further reading parameters such as reading acuity, reading speed based on reading acuity, critical print size, reading score, and logMAR/logRAD ratio. Such calibrated reading charts have already provided valuable insights into the reading performance of patients in many research studies. They are available in many languages and thus facilitate international communication about near visual performance. In the present review article, the backgrounds of these modern reading charts are presented, and their different levels of test-item standardization are discussed. Clinical research studies are mentioned, and a discussion about the immoderately high number of reading acuity notations is included. Using the logReading Acuity Determination ([logRAD] = reading acuity equivalent of logMAR) measure for research purposes would give reading acuity its own identity as a standardized reading parameter in ophthalmology.
- Subjects :
- Reading performance
medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject
Visual Acuity
Review Article
03 medical and health sciences
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Near vision
0302 clinical medicine
Chart
Ophthalmology
Reading (process)
medicine
Reading speed
Humans
media_common
Language
Sentence optotypes
Word reading
Reading charts
Vision Tests
Sensory Systems
Test (assessment)
Reading
Reading acuity
030221 ophthalmology & optometry
Research studies
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1435702X
- Volume :
- 255
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....620ed0215c3828e98ad733ca053c7c50