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Publication Date: 2021
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Rethinking the Reading Stand to Maximize Visual Efficiency
Lueders, Kerry S.
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, v115 n5 p448-453 Sep-Oct 2021
In the field of low vision rehabilitation, there exists a plethora of devices to assist with visual reading that are critical to reading success and customization for persons with low vision (along with other education and rehabilitation considerations). In addition, visual efficiency skills and ergonomics are oftentimes prerequisite or corequisite to the accurate execution of continuous reading tasks at near distance (Corn & Koenig, 2002; Stelmack et al., 2008; Watson, Ramsey, De l'Aune, & Elk, 2004), with or without assistive devices. Granted, many individuals with low vision may use additional nonvisual sensory channels for completing long- or short-term reading tasks or both, and this practice perspective does not attempt to detract from those strategies. Instead, it proposes innovations to common devices used in low-vision rehabilitation to maximize visual efficiency for reading tasks--the reading stand, the X-Y table, and the tablet.
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Reading, Human Factors Engineering, Equipment, Assistive Technology, Educational Technology, Handheld Devices
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