Lucy Barker|Rachel Thomas|Gary S. Rubin|Annegret Dahlmann?Noor
Optical reading aids for children and young people with low vision
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust|Bedford Hospital|Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust|University College London
low vision childhood significant barrier learning development particularly reading education optical low vision aids may used maximise childs functional vision world health organization previously highlighted importance use low vision aids managing children visual impairment across worldto assess effect optical low vision aids reading children young people low visionwe searched central contains cochrane eyes vision group trials register 2014 issue 12 ovid medline ovid medline inprocess nonindexed citations ovid medline daily ovid oldmedline january 1946 january 2015 embase january 1980 january 2015 health technology assessment programme hta wwwhtaacuk isrctn registry wwwisrctncomeditadvancedsearch clinicaltrialsgov wwwclinicaltrialsgov world health organization international clinical trials registry platform ictrp wwwwhointictrpsearchen use date language restrictions electronic searches trials last searched electronic databases 8 january 2015we also used manual searching check references listed retrieved articles manufacturers low vision aids contacted request information studies research regarding productswe planned include randomised controlled trials rcts quasircts optical low vision aid compared standard refractive correction children young people aged 5 16 years age low vision defined planned include withinperson design studies order presentation devices randomisedtwo authors independently reviewed search results eligibility studies met inclusion criteria reviewthere lack good quality evidence regarding use optical low vision aids children young people implications practice drawn believe future research include functional outcome measures reading speed accuracy comprehension well effect low vision aids quality life order truly assess compare effect devices childs life development