Visual Impairment and Computer Displays: The Effects of Foreground and Background Color on Oral Reading Speed

Nine female and 6 male visually impaired junior and senior high school students with a mean age of 14.75 years were individually tested using a microcomputer with a color monitor. The research questions were: (a) What is the relationship between the pairs of foreground and background screen colors and each of the dependent variables (oral reading rate, comfort rating, and brightness-contrast adjustment) for partially sighted junior and senior high school students reading CRT displayed text? (b) Is there a difference between the results obtained for the dependent variables across the pairs of foreground and background screen colors? The independent variable had six conditions: white, green, or yellow text against black and black text against white, green, or yellow. A multi-element baseline repeated measures design was employed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

1988

Author dc:creator

• Simmers, Michael John

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dennis, J. Richard

• Education, Special
• Education, Secondary
• Computer Science

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8908846

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71906