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An iPad app as a low-vision aid for people with macular disease
- Source :
- The British journal of ophthalmology. 97(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the single most common cause of vision loss in people over the age of 50.1 Individuals with low vision caused by macular disease, experience severe difficulty with everyday tasks such as reading2 which has profound detrimental consequences for their quality of life.3 We have developed an app for the iPad (the MD_evReader) that aims to improve reading by enhancing the effectiveness of the eccentric viewing technique (EV) using dynamic text presentation (figure 1A). Eccentric viewing is a simple strategy adopted by individuals with AMD that involves using the relatively preserved peripheral region of their retina in order to see. A limiting factor of the EV technique is that it relies on the individual holding their gaze away from the focus of interest and suppressing the …
- Subjects :
- genetic structures
Eye Movements
media_common.quotation_subject
Vision, Low
Fixation, Ocular
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
User-Computer Interface
Retinal Diseases
Reading (process)
Medicine
Humans
media_common
Dynamic text
business.industry
Macular disease
Macular degeneration
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Gaze
eye diseases
Sensory Systems
Low vision
Ophthalmology
Reading
Eccentric viewing
Everyday tasks
Sensory Aids
Optometry
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14682079
- Volume :
- 97
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The British journal of ophthalmology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....91b3429e563f8385efd4bde6f9003965