Reading Fluency and Accommodative Lag

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Ocular Accommodation

In brief

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

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00383175

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

72

Starts

2006-08-01

Expected to finish

2009-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-02-21

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 9. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children in grades 1, 2 and 3 who consent and assent to participate

You may not qualify if…

• Children in the special education program
• Children who are unwilling to have their eyes dilated or be tested
• Children who are unwilling to wear the glasses

Where it is running

• Eutaw Primary School — Eutaw, Alabama, United States

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