Its director, Gordon E. Legge, Ph.D., is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor, and has received several major awards for his research. Other lab members include postdoctoral fellows, doctoral students, undergraduates, and lab staff, all of whom specialize in vision research. Results from our research are being used to develop improved tests of reading and new technology for aiding in reading. It is therefore extremely helpful in recommending specific reading aids. Wanted Our research relies on voluntary participation by people with low vision.
Research participants visit the laboratory for one or more two-hour sessions.
Testing involves reading letters,words, or text displayed on charts or computer screens. Most people enjoy their visit to the lab, and find the projects to be interesting. Steve Harland compared reading performance with different types of electronic magnification for his undergraduate honors project Al May, a retired statistician from Pillsbury, has low vision resulting from ischemic optic neuritis. He has participated in several studies over a period of years. I feel like I am making a contribution to low-vision technology, and that's important to me.