Gale R. Watson
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Research Subjects
Gale R. Watson has a total of 5 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
Erica Watkins
1 shared publication- Lylas Mogk
Visual Rehabilitation and Research Center, Henry Ford Health System, 29200 Schoolcraft, Livonia, MI 48150
1 shared publication - Michael Williams
Blind Rehabilitation Service, Rehabilitation Services, Office of Patient Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC; and research scientist, Rehabilitation Research & Development Center of Excellence for Aging Veterans with Vision Loss, Atlanta VA Medical Center
1 shared publication Ronald A. Schuchard
1 shared publicationWilliam R. Deíaune
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 1 February 2008
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
- Vol. 102 (2) , 69-75
A Commentary on the Medicare Low Vision Rehabilitation Demonstration Project
- 1 February 2008
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
- Vol. 102 (2) , 69-75
Open AccessA Commentary on the Medicare Low Vision Rehabilitation Demonstration Project
- Open Access
- 1 October 2007
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
- Vol. 101 (10) , 581-582
Letter to the Editor
- 1 October 2007
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
- Vol. 101 (10) , 581-582
Open AccessLetter to the Editor
- 1 January 2006
- Published by Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development in Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development
- Vol. 43 (6) , 761-70
Effects of preferred retinal locus placement on text navigation and development of advantageous trained retinal locus
Sixty readers were evaluated for visual function and text-navigation ability. The visual field and preferred retinal locus (PRL) were measured with a scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO). We found significant differences in text-navigation ability based on scotoma and PRL placement. Readers with a PRL to the left of or above a scotoma had significantly less text-navigation abilities. Readers with a PRL to the left of a scotoma tended to misread words with similar beginnings and omit the last word on a line. Readers with a PRL above a scotoma tended to skip a line or reread the same line twice. In a follow-up study, seven subjects with a nonadvantageous PRL quickly developed a trained retinal locus (TRL) during instruction with an SLO. Although the readers developed the TRL in about 15 minutes, they read slower with the TRL than the PRL. This TRL research provides promising pilot data.
- 1 January 2006
- Published by Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development in Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development
- Vol. 43 (6) , 761-70
Effects of preferred retinal locus placement on text navigation and development of advantageous trained retinal locus
Sixty readers were evaluated for visual function and text-navigation ability. The visual field and preferred retinal locus (PRL) were measured with a scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO). We found significant differences in text-navigation ability based on scotoma and PRL placement. Readers with a PRL to the left of or above a scotoma had significantly less text-navigation abilities. Readers with a PRL to the left of a scotoma tended to misread words with similar beginnings and omit the last word on a line. Readers with a PRL above a scotoma tended to skip a line or reread the same line twice. In a follow-up study, seven subjects with a nonadvantageous PRL quickly developed a trained retinal locus (TRL) during instruction with an SLO. Although the readers developed the TRL in about 15 minutes, they read slower with the TRL than the PRL. This TRL research provides promising pilot data.