Reading Fluency and Accommodative Lag

University of Alabama at Birmingham1 site in 1 country72 target enrollmentAugust 2006

ConditionsOcular Accommodation

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Ocular Accommodation
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Enrollment: 72
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: DIBELS test scores .
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 15 years ago

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Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether special reading glasses improve children's ability to learn to read.

Detailed Description

Many children are believed to under accommodate (have a lag of accommodation) when looking at near targets. If this occurs, the retinal image is out of focus. Children who have a lag of accommodation may have difficulty in focusing their eyes at near for long periods of time. This difficulty could reduce their ability to read fluently. Children with above average lags of accommodation will be randomly assigned to a group which receives special reading glasses or a group which does not. The groups will be assessed using a standard test for reading fluency.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

August 2006

End Date

October 2009

Last Updated

15 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Factorial