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Exploring Correlates of Braille Reading Performance in Working-Age and Older Adults with Visual Impairments
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Martiniello, Natalina; Barlow, Meaghan; Wittich, Walter – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2022
Tactile, motor and cognitive capacities decline with age, but little is known about how this relates to braille reading outcomes. This study investigated correlates of braille reading speed among working-age and older adults. Texts were read in two modes (oral/silent) and two media (paper/electronic braille display) by 46 blind adults (age range…
Descriptors: Braille, Adults, Older Adults, Visual Impairments
Effective Learning and Retention of Braille Letter Tactile Discrimination Skills in Children with Developmental Dyslexia
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Hayek, Maisam; Dorfberger, Shoshi; Karni, Avi – Developmental Science, 2016
Children with developmental dyslexia (DD) may differ from typical readers in aspects other than reading. The notion of a general deficit in the ability to acquire and retain procedural ("how to") knowledge as long-term procedural memory has been proposed. Here, we compared the ability of elementary school children, with and without…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dyslexia, Braille, Elementary School Students
Tactile Sensitivity and Braille Reading in People with Early Blindness and Late Blindness
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Oshima, Kensuke; Arai, Tetsuya; Ichihara, Shigeru; Nakano, Yasushi – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2014
Introduction: The inability to read quickly can be a disadvantage throughout life. This study focused on the associations of braille reading fluency and individual factors, such as the age at onset of blindness and number of years reading braille, and the tactile sensitivity of people with early and late blindness. The relationship between reading…
Descriptors: Braille, Blindness, Reading Fluency, Reading Rate
Non-Visual Communication: IX. Reading by Touch (continued)
Foulke, Emerson – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1970
Descriptors: Braille, Reading, Reading Rate, Research Projects
Relative Legibility of Raised and Incised Tactual Figures
Nolan, Carson Y. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1971
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Exceptional Child Research, Reading Rate
Patterns of Response in the Perception of Braille Configurations
Flanigan, Patrick J.; Joslin, Elizabeth S. – New Outlook Blind, 1969
Descriptors: Braille, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Programed Instructional Materials
Tactile and Visual Reading
Hampshire, Barry E. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1975
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Exceptional Child Education, Literature Reviews
Perceptual Factors in Braille Word Recognition. (American Foundation for the Blind. Research Series No. 20).
Nolan, Carson Y.; Kederis, Cleves J. – 1969
A description of braille and a review of research on this topic are discussed. Summaries are presented of nine research studies which are also presented in full; conclusions and duplications of the research are considered. The nine reports cover the following topics: effects of word length, familiarity, and orthography, influence of numbers and…
Descriptors: Braille, Context Clues, Exceptional Child Research, Orthographic Symbols
BRAILLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE, PROCEEDINGS (CAMBRIDGE, NOVEMBER 18, 1966).
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Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. Sensory Aids Evaluation and Development Center. – 1966
THESE PAPERS ARE FROM THE BRAILLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE SENSORY AIDS EVALUATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER ON NOVEMBER 18, 1966. THE PAPERS PRESENTED ARE--"A STUDY OF BRAILLE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND USE," BY LOUIS GOLDISH, "AUTOMATED BRAILLE AND THE PROFESSION OF PROGRAMMING FOR THE BLIND," BY…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Computer Programs, Computers