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The purpose of this study is to evaluate reading performance in the visual periphery by simulating central vision loss using a computer-controlled gaze-contingent display with an eye tracker. Participants will read a page of text at a comfortable rate. Several manipulations hypothesized to improve reading will be tested, such as an inverted-text "spotlight" of a single word that follows the participant's gaze.
Participants will view paragraphs of multiple sentences of text with their central vision blocked computationally with a "simulated scotoma." Participants will be free to move their eyes around the page of text at a comfortable rate. The three outcomes described elsewhere will be evaluated.
In different blocks, text will contain one or more of several dynamic assistive manipulations that are hypothesized to enhance reading: 1) inverting the text at a given position, with instructions for the participant to attend to that location, which simulates a "surrogate fovea" of a patient with central vision loss. 2) horizontally expanding text to alleviate within-word crowding. 3) highlighting the next word with a visible indicator to encourage proper eye movements.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Arm | Experimental | Each participant will participate in several blocks (randomized order), to evaluate performance with and without behavioral gaze-contingent text enhancements. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Gaze-contingent text enhancement | Behavioral | In different testing blocks, the efficacy of the different enhancements will be evaluated, such as inverting the text in a gaze-contingent inverted "spotlight." |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Reading speed | Average time/word it takes to read a paragraph of text. | From enrollment to completion of testing (<2 weeks) |
| Reading accuracy | Ability to correctly answer comprehension questions or orally read words | From enrollment to completion of testing (<2 weeks) |
| Efficiency of eye movement | Ability to move the eyes systematically from word to word | From enrollment to completion of testing (<2 weeks) |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Houston, College of Optometry | Houston | Texas | 77204 | United States |
To conform with open science directives, will likely post the de-identified behavioral data on a public server.
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D019575 | Blindness, Cortical |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D001766 | Blindness |
| D014786 | Vision Disorders |
| D012678 | Sensation Disorders |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
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| D009422 |
| Nervous System Diseases |
| D005128 | Eye Diseases |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |