Variance in Broad Reading Accounted for by Measures of Reading Speed Embedded Within Maze and Comprehension Rate Measures

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 539-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea D. Hale ◽  
Christopher H. Skinner ◽  
Brian Wilhoit ◽  
Dennis Ciancio ◽  
Jennifer A. Morrow
Keyword(s):  
Reading Speed ◽  
Comprehension Rate

The validity of reading comprehension rate: Reading speed, comprehension, and comprehension rates

2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. 1036-1047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher H. Skinner ◽  
Jacqueline L. Williams ◽  
Jennifer Ann Morrow ◽  
Andre D. Hale ◽  
Christine E. Neddenriep ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Speed ◽  
Comprehension Rate

scholarly journals Influence of road traffic noise peaks on reading task performance and disturbance in a laboratory context

Acta Acustica ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Catherine Lavandier ◽  
Mehdi Regragui ◽  
Romain Dedieu ◽  
Carine Royer ◽  
Arnaud Can
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Reading Speed ◽  
Traffic Noise ◽  
Sound Level ◽  
Living Room ◽  
Road Traffic Noise ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Reading Task ◽  
Four Levels ◽  
Comprehension Rate

The influence of fluctuating road traffic noise on perceived disturbance during a reading task as well as on performance, inside a living room with closed windows, is presented in this paper. Sixteen 2-min sound sequences were created combining two variables: the number of events (four levels varying from one to four car pass-bys) and the peak emergence above the background noise (four levels with a 5 dB(A) step) keeping limited variations of LAmax, 1s. The noise impact was evaluated through a reading task of texts synchronized with the sound sequences, for participants classified into fast or slow readers, and sensitive or non-sensitive to noise. The comprehension rate of the texts decreases as the background sound level increases. The reading speed decreases during the rising front of a peak, and goes back to its former regular reading speed during the descending front of the peak. This slowdown during the rising front reaches 14% for slow readers. The declared disturbance is higher for slow readers compared to fast readers, and higher for noise sensitive persons compared to non-sensitive persons. The influence of the acoustic indicators on the reading disturbance is very small compared to the influence of personal factors. There is even no influence of the number of events on this disturbance.

scholarly journals Post audio-visual biofeedback training visual functions and quality of life in paediatric idiopathic infantile nystagmus: A pilot study

2021 ◽  
pp. 112067212199104
Author(s):  
Monica Daibert-Nido ◽  
Yulia Pyatova ◽  
Michelle Markowitz ◽  
Maryam Taheri-Shirazi ◽  
Samuel N Markowitz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Contrast Sensitivity ◽  
Reading Speed ◽  
Biofeedback Training ◽  
Visual Functions ◽  
Infantile Nystagmus ◽  
Fixation Stability ◽  
Better Than

Purpose: Biofeedback training (BT) was adapted to idiopathic infantile nystagmus syndrome (IINS) cases to enhance visual functions and quality of life (QoL). Methods: 10 patients (age 9 ± 3.2 years) treated with the audio-visual BT module of the MAIA microperimeter (Centervue, Padova, Italy) were assessed in two baseline visits and 1week post-BT (BT 80 min in total). The outcomes were distance and near binocular best corrected visual acuity (BBCVA), fixation stability, reading speed, contrast sensitivity, stereopsis and Children’s Visual Function Questionnaire. One-way repeated measured ANOVA and paired t-tests were used. Results: Distance BBCVA improved from 0.46 ± 0.21 and 0.43 ± 0.18 pre-BT to 0.33 ± 0.2 logMAR post-BT ( F (2,27) = 13.75, p = 0.0002). Post-BT was better than baseline ( p = 0.0001) and pre-BT ( p = 0.001). Near BBCVA improved from 0.23 ± 0.09 and 0.21 ± 0.14 pre-BT to 0.04 ± 0.08 post-BT (F (2,27) = 22.12, p = 0.000014), post-BT was better than baseline ( p = 0.0001) and pre-BT ( p = 0.0006). Stereopsis improved from 283 ± 338″ to 39 ± 32.2″ ( p = 0.04), contrast sensitivity from 0.26 ± 0.17 to 0.08 ± 0.12 log units ( p = 0.01), and reading speed improved from 74.7 ± 51.2 wpm to 104.7 ± 53.6 wpm ( p = 0.0006). Fixation stability improved from 33.6 ± 28.1 to 14.3 ± 10.1 sq. QoL increased from 23.8 ± 2.2 to 26.3 ± 2.3 units ( p = 0.001). Conclusion: BT benefited all visual functions and QoL in this pilot study, heralding a new possibility for Low Vision Rehabilitation in IINS.

EFFECT OF MONOVISION CONTACT LENSES ON READING EYE MOVEMENTS, READING SPEED AND COMPREHENSION.

2002 ◽  
Vol 79 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 292
Author(s):  
Sandy Johal ◽  
Nazima Sangha ◽  
Bradley Coffey ◽  
Peter Bergenske ◽  
Patrick Caroline
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Contact Lenses ◽  
Reading Speed

scholarly journals Visual Parameters and Retinal Morphology for Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy Pre- and Post-Intravitreal Ranibizumab with or without Photodynamic Therapy: A Short-Term Prospective Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2581
Author(s):  
Rituparna Ghoshal ◽  
Sharanjeet Sharanjeet-Kaur ◽  
Norliza Mohamad Fadzil ◽  
Somnath Ghosh ◽  
Nor Fariza Ngah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photodynamic Therapy ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy ◽  
Reading Speed ◽  
Pigment Epithelium ◽  
Post Treatment ◽  
Base Line ◽  
Intravitreal Ranibizumab ◽  
Pre Treatment ◽  
Choroidal Vasculopathy

The objective of this study was to compare visual parameters and retinal layers’ morphology pre-treatment (baseline) and 6 months post-treatment in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) eyes. A single centre, longitudinal, prospective study was conducted at a public tertiary hospital of Malaysia. Visual parameters including distance and near visual acuity (DVA and NVA), contrast sensitivity (CS), reading speed (RS), and different qualitative and quantitative optical coherence tomography (OCT) parameters were evaluated pre- and 6 months post-treatment. Thirty-three naïve PCV eyes of 32 patients (mean age of 67.62 years) were evaluated pre- and post-treatment of intravitreal ranibizumab with and without photodynamic therapy. After treatment, sub retinal fluid decreased from 27 eyes (84.35%) at baseline to 7 eyes (21.88%) at 6 months while pigment epithelium detachment decreased from 32 eyes (100%) at base line to 15 eyes (46.87%) at 6 months. Mean pre-treatment quantitative morphological OCT retinal parameters including thickness and volume of central sub field, center thickness, center minimum, and maximum thickness reduced significantly. Similarly, all visual parameters including DVA, NVA, CS, and RS showed statistically significant improvement. While 89% of the eyes showed improvement in CS, 78%, 71%, and 65% of the eyes showed improvement in NVA, RS, and DVA, respectively. Thus, CS was the most treatment responsive visual parameter.

scholarly journals Can reading-specific training stimuli improve the effect of perceptual learning on peripheral reading speed?

2012 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 17-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Baptiste Bernard ◽  
Amit Arunkumar ◽  
Susana T.L. Chung
Keyword(s):  
Perceptual Learning ◽  
Reading Speed ◽  
Specific Training

Cognitive and White Matter Microstructure Development in Congenital Hypothyroidism and Familial Thyroid Disorders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katia Perri ◽  
Letizia De Mori ◽  
Domenico Tortora ◽  
Maria Grazia Calevo ◽  
Anna E M Allegri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
White Matter ◽  
Congenital Hypothyroidism ◽  
Cognitive Vulnerability ◽  
Reading Speed ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Thyroid Disorders ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Adequate Treatment ◽  
White Matter Microstructure

Abstract Context Children with congenital hypothyroidism (CH) are at risk for suboptimal neurodevelopment. Objectives To evaluate neurocognitive function and white matter microstructure in children with permanent or transient CH and to correlate these findings with disease severity. Design, participants and methods A retrospective and prospective observational study was conducted in 39 children with permanent or transient CH, and in 39 healthy children. Cognitive function was assessed by Wechsler Intelligence Scale (WISC-IV) and by other tests; the white matter microstructure was investigated by 3 Tesla magnetic resonance (MRI). Results Children with permanent CH have lower cognitive scores at a median age of 9.5 years than those with transient CH and controls. An IQ score between 71-84 was found in 28.6% of permanent CH and of <70 (p=0.06) in 10.7%. The Processing Speed Index (PSI, p=0.004), sustained visual attention (p=0.02), reading speed (p=0.0001), written calculations (p=0.002) and numerical knowledge (p=0.0001) were significantly lower than controls. Children born to mothers with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis have significantly lower IQ values (p=0.02), Working Memory Index (p=0.03) and PSI (p=0.02). Significantly lower IQ and Verbal Comprehension Index values were found in children with a family history of thyroid disorders (p=0.004; p=0.009), respectively. In children with permanent CH, significant correlations between abnormalities in white matter microstructural, clinical and cognitive measures were documented. Conclusions These findings indicate that children with CH are at risk of neurocognitive impairment and white matter abnormalities despite timely and adequate treatment. The association between offspring cognitive vulnerability and maternal thyroid disorders requires careful consideration.

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