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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Perception. 2008;37(11):1677–1699. doi: 10.1068/p5915

Table 1.

Description of thirteen low-vision participants tested in Experiment 2. Central field loss is scotoma within 5 degrees of the fovea. Peripheral field loss is scotoma anywhere outside 5 degrees from the fovea.

Participant Age Gender Diagnosis LogMAR Acuity Log Contrast Sensitivity Field Loss
1 25 F Aniridia 0.78 1.65 None
2 20 M Retinitis pigmentosa 1.34 1.35 Peripheral
3 29 F Albinism 0.9 1.5 Peripheral
4 31 M Retinitis pigmentosa 0.58 0.9 Peripheral
5 52 F Retinopathy of prematurity, nystagmus 0.96 1.05 Peripheral
6 24 F Retinopathy of prematurity 1.18 0.9 None
7 38 M Stargardts disease 1.04 1.05 Central
8 53 F Optic atrophy, no vision in left eye 1.52 0.3 Details not available
9 18 M Scotoma caused by brain tumor 1.02 1.2 Details not available
10 67 M Macular degeneration in left eye, cataracts in both 0.88 0.9 Central
11 51 M Macular degeneration (Doynes’ Macular Dystrophy) 1.04 1.65 Central
12 66 F Cone-rod dystrophy 0.70 1.20 Central
13 62 F Retinitis pigmentosa 1.24 0.45 Peripheral with spread to central