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Year : 2014  |  Volume : 62  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 111-115

Impact of low vision care on reading performance in children with multiple disabilities and visual impairment


1 Elite School of Optometry (Unit of Medical Research Foundation), Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India
2 Vidya Sagar Spastics Society, Chennai, India

Correspondence Address:
Krishna Kumar Ramani
Elite School of Optometry, 8; GST Road, St Thomas Mount, Chennai - 600 016
India
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Source of Support: Vision research foundation, Chennai A., Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.111207

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Background: Lack of evidence in literature to show low vision care enhances the reading performance in children with Multiple Disabilities and Visual Impairment (MDVI). Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of Low Vision Care intervention on the reading performance of children with MDVI. Materials and Methods: Three subjects who were diagnosed to have cerebral palsy and visual impairment, studying in a special school were recruited for the study. All of them underwent detailed eye examination and low vision care evaluation at a tertiary eye care hospital. A single subject multiple baseline (study) design was adopted and the study period was 16 weeks. The reading performance (reading speed, reading accuracy, reading fluency) was evaluated during the baseline phase and the intervention phase. The median of all the reading parameters for each week was noted. The trend of the reading performance was graphically represented in both the phases. Results: Reading speed increased by 37 Word per minute, 37 Letters per minute and 5 letters per minute for the subject 1, 2 and 3 respectively after the intervention. Reading accuracy was 84%, 91% and 86.4% at the end of the baseline period and 98.7%, 98.4% and 99% at the end of 16 weeks for subject 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Average reading fluency score was 8.3, 7.1 and 5.5 in the baseline period and 10.2, 10.2 and 8.7 in the intervention period. Conclusion: This study shows evidence of noticeable improvement in reading performance of children with MDVI using a novel study design.


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