This article is supported by TÜBİTAK.
This study was carried out to identify the relationship between features of the reading material and reading speed of low vision students. Study participants were comprised of 30 low vision students, 18 boys and 14 girls, attending Mitat Enç and Aydinlikevler Göreneller Elementary School for Visually Impaired in Ankara during the 2011–2012 education years on a voluntary basis. All of the participants were to be between 2nd and 7th grade and able to read the print as a prerequisite. 81 different reading cards (texts) were drawn up considering variables such as type font, font size, line spacing and character spacing. Each reading card comprised of 35 word texts with 5 or 6 lines. Reading performances of the participant low vision students were video recorded. Then, the data were marked on the “Reading Time Record Form” developed by the researchers. The video records were watched by the researchers, and reading speeds were calculated by taking the average of the reading times identified by the three researchers according to the number of words read correctly in 1 minute.
Low vision, reading speed, functional vision
