Measurement of Eye Movements While Reading a German Text

University of Basel127 enrolled

Overview

To establish normative value for reading parameters in healthy children of primary school age and in grades 2-5.

Following initial assessment of feasibility, recruitment is expanded to children attending grades 2-5 recruited from 4 different primary schools in German speaking Switzerland. Two texts of The New International Reading Speed Test (IReST) of similar difficulty are presented on a laptop in randomized order. Children are asked to read the text aloud while eye movements are recorded with an eye tracking bar. The following parameters are analysed: reading speed (words/minute), number of saccades, number of fixations.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

127

Conditions

Healthy Children

Interventions

reading of a textDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Reading of 2 IRest Texts presented on a laptop in randomized order while eye movements are recorded with a tracking bar.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 8 YearsMax age: 13 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 8-13 years * child consent * parental consent Exclusion Criteria: * unability to read

Locations (1)

University Basel, University Eye Hospital Basel

Basel, Switzerland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Reading speed

words read per minute

Time frame: 21 months

number of saccades and fixations

how stable are the eyes while reading out loud

Time frame: 21 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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