Remapping the Visual Field to Aid Reading With Central Scotomas
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
Reading performance in patients with Central Vision Loss and age matched controls with artificial scotomas will be measured with and without different kinds of remapping of missing text to different parts of the visual field.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 16
Healthy Volunteers: t
View:
• 16 years or older
• Central vision loss of at least 5 deg diameter, including the fovea, from bilateral central scotomas
• Stable fixation (+/- 1 deg) using their PRL.
• No cognitive impairment as indicated by a Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).
• Satisfactory calibration achievable using eye tracker
Locations
United States
Minnesota
University of Minnesota
RECRUITING
Minneapolis
Contact Information
Primary
Stephen Engel, Ph.D.
engel@umn.edu
612-625-5571
Backup
Gordon Legge, Ph.D.
legge@umn.edu
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-02-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-07-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 108
Treatments
Experimental: Patients with scotoma
No remapping (control condition), traditional remapping, personalized remapping
Active_comparator: Normally sighted with artificial scotoma
No remapping (control condition), traditional remapping, personalized remapping
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of Minnesota