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Peer reviewedFellenius, K. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1996
A study of the reading competence of 25 visually impaired pupils in Sweden followed subjects from 1988 to 1991. Neither visual acuity, reading media, optical aids, nor reading distance were clearly related to reading competence. Rather, good readers were students who scored higher on verbal cognitive tests and had a greater interest in reading as…
Descriptors: Braille, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedAllman, C. B. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1998
This study compared which braille-related communication skills 233 teachers of students with visual impairments taught and which 531 adults with visual impairments actually used. Teachers taught use of braillewriters, computers, audiocassette recorders, and typewriters, but rarely taught use of slates and styli and sighted readers' services, which…
Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Audio Equipment, Blindness
