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Open Access 19-04-2024 | Review

Reading Difficulties in Individuals with Homonymous Visual Field Defects: A Systematic Review of Reported Interventions

Authors: S. Tol, G. A. de Haan, E. M. J. L. Postuma, J. L. Jansen, J. Heutink

Abstract

Reading difficulties are amongst the most commonly reported problems in individuals with homonymous visual field defects (HVFDs). To be able to provide guidance for healthcare professionals considering offering reading training, researchers in this field and interested individuals with HVFDs, this systematic review aims to (1) provide an overview of the contextual and intervention characteristics of all published HVFD interventions and (2) generate insights into the different reading outcome measures that these studies adopted. A search on PsycINFO, MEDLINE and Web of Science was conducted up to February 2, 2023. All intervention studies for HVFD in which reading was measured were included. Data was collected about the intervention type, session duration, number of sessions, the intensity, duration, circumstance of the interventions, country in which the intervention was studied and reading measures. Sixty records are included, describing 70 interventions in total of which 21 are specifically reading interventions. Overall, adjusted saccadic behaviour interventions occur most in the literature. A wide range within all intervention characteristics was observed. Forty-nine records reported task-performance reading measures, and 33 records reported self-reported reading measures. The majority of task-performance measures are based on self-developed paragraph reading tasks with a time-based outcome measure (e.g. words per minute). Future research could benefit from making use of validated reading tests, approaching the measurement of reading mixed-methods and providing participants the possibility to supply outcomes relevant to them.

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Title: Reading Difficulties in Individuals with Homonymous Visual Field Defects: A Systematic Review of Reported Interventions
Authors: S. Tol
G. A. de Haan
E. M. J. L. Postuma
J. L. Jansen
J. Heutink
Publication date: 19-04-2024
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Neuropsychology Review
Print ISSN: 1040-7308
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6660
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-024-09636-4

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