Purpose To determine if the ability to divide attention affects the relationship between glaucoma-related vision loss and reading speed. Methods Better eye mean deviation (MD), contrast sensitivity (CS), and better-eye distance visual acuity (VA) were measured in 28 participants with glaucoma and 21 controls. Reading speeds were assessed using MNRead, IRest, and sustained silent reading tests...

PURPOSE To quantify the effects of three vision rehabilitation training approaches on improvements in reading performance. METHODS Thirty subjects with AMD participated in the training portion of the study. The median age of the subjects was 79 years (range, 54-89 years). The three training modules were: Visual Awareness and Eccentric Viewing (module 1), Control of Reading Eye Movements (modu...

Our purpose was to compare reading performance measured with the MNREAD Acuity Chart and an iPad application (app) version of the same test for both normally sighted and low-vision participants. Our methods included 165 participants with normal vision and 43 participants with low vision tested on the standard printed MNREAD and on the iPad app version of the test. Maximum Reading Speed, Critica...

Reduced-fat foods have become more popular due to their health benefits; however, reducing the fat content of food affects sensory experience. Therefore, it is necessary improve acceptance reduced-fat that full-fat equivalents. The aim this study was evaluate effect adding whey protein microgels (WPM) with an average diameter 4 ?m, or WPM adsorbed anthocyanins [WPM (Ant)] on textural and proper...

The H4 technique facilitates text entry with key sequences created using Huffman coding. This study evaluates the use of touch and motion-sensing gestures for H4 input. Touch input yielded better entry speeds (6.6 wpm, versus 5.3 wpm with motion-sensing) and more favourable participant feedback. Accuracy metrics did not differ significantly between the two conditions. Changes to the H4 techniqu...

Three recent Qwerty soft keyboard variations are studied: Curve (equivalent to Swype), T+ (equivalent to SureType), and Octopus (equivalent to the Blackberry Z10 keyboard). In an experiment with 12 participants, the Octopus keyboard surpassed the standard Qwerty keyboard by the 4 th phrase entered, reaching an entry speed of 70 wpm on the 9 th phrase. The standard Qwerty soft keyboard had a mea...

Speech rate is one of the salient characteristics that speakers modify their speech for second or foreign language learners to gain more comprehensive input (Krashen, 1987). For young EFL learners, a slower can be critical factor helps them properly process linguistic and increase self-confidence in listening comprehension. The present study investigated effect on comprehension performance amon...