Older adults experience some benefit, but less than young adults, from training to use their peripheral vision to read text, according to a new study. Enhancing reading ability in peripheral vision is important for the rehabilitation of people with central-visual-field loss from age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Previous research has...

Line spacing does not have a very large effect on reading speed of persons with central scotomas, according to a new reseach report. It has been suggested that crowding, the adverse low-level effect due to the proximity of adjacent stimuli, explains slow reading in low-vision patients with absolute macular scotomas. According to this...

Because age-related macular degeneration (AMD) frequently causes scotomas in central vision, afflicted patients must rely on their peripheral vision to read, making reading slow and difficult. Reading difficulty is the most common complaint in low vision clinics. Thus, developing suitable low-vision rehabilitation to enhance reading is vital for...

Reading performance improved after eccentric viewing training according to a new study. Central visual loss caused by conditions such as age related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of blindness in most developed countries. Eccentric viewing training aims to teach patients how to utilise those non-central (eccentric) parts of...

A prospective study of near visual acuity, reading speed, central visual field and related quality of life measures in patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) treated with Lucentis finds significant improvements is all measures of vision function and quality of life investigated. The study was a prospective, non-comparative...

Researchers report that they have developed a simple clinical technique to record fixation patterns in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) adding fixation targets in the illumination pathway of a standard slit lamp. Clinical and research information has made vision rehabilitation clinicians increasingly aware of the importance...

Researchers have found that increased line spacing does not improving reading performance in persons with AMD. It has been suspected that crowding, the adverse spatial interaction due to the proximity of adjacent targets, may explanation slow reading speeds my persons using their peripheral vision, as happens when the central vision is damaged...

When people start losing their sight they sometimes feel like giving up, but Betty and Gerald Minchinton have a message of inspiration. Mrs Minchinton, 87, and her 77-year-old husband have for the past four years travelled all over the Auckland region - to locations as diverse as Waiheke Island and Paremoremo Prison - delivering "talking book"...

According to a research paper that appears in the current edition of the Journal of Vision, patients with recent onset macular degeneration read best when they place their central scotoma to the left of the words they are trying to read. Under normal viewing conditions, we continuously scan our environment with eye movements, bringing important...