Standardized ophthalmic tests for evaluating reading parameters: a brief historical review

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In the review, the analysis of the most common ophthalmic standardized tests for evaluating reading was carried out: Bailey–Lovie Word Reading Charts, MNREAD Acuity Chart, Radner reading chart, Smith–Kettlewell Reading Test (SKread), IReST, Salzburg Reading Desk, Ramulu test, Radner paragraph optotypes, Balsam Alabdulkader–Leat (BAL) chart, Chinese Reading Acuity Charts (C-READ), chart for reading threshold and reading speed evaluation by T.S. Egorova. The following parameters were considered: maximum reading speed, reading threshold, reading acuity, reading accessibility index, threshold reading speed. Recovering the ability to read fluently is one of the criteria for assessing the success of treatment, as well as quality of life for patients of various age groups

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Sergey Alekseevich Koskin

S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy

Email: eyemillenium@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3994-9232
SPIN-code: 9882-6880
Scopus Author ID: 14830493600

MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Ophthalmology Department. S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy of the Russian Defense Ministry

Russian Federation, 6, Akademika Lebedeva str., Saint Petersburg, Russia, 194044

Ivan Ruslanovich Stepanets

Municipal polyclinic No. 109

Author for correspondence.
Email: stepanetsspbgmu@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1885-6483
SPIN-code: 6074-3969

MD, Ophthalmologist. Municipal polyclinic No. 109

Russian Federation, 192283, Russia, St. Petersburg, st. Oleko Dundycha, 8, building 2

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