The effect of font size on reading performance in strabismic amblyopia: an eye movement investigation. Evgenia Kanonidou Irene Gottlob Frank A. Proudlock 2381/38991 https://figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/The_effect_of_font_size_on_reading_performance_in_strabismic_amblyopia_an_eye_movement_investigation_/10235720 PURPOSE: We investigated the effect of font size on reading speed and ocular motor performance in strabismic amblyopes during text reading under monocular and binocular viewing conditions. METHODS: Eye movements were recorded at 250 Hz using a head-mounted infrared video eye tracker in 15 strabismic amblyopes and 18 age-matched controls while silently reading paragraphs of text at font sizes equivalent to 1.0 to 0.2 logMAR acuity. Reading under monocular viewing with amblyopic eye/nondominant eye and nonamblyopic/dominant eye was compared to binocular viewing. Mean reading speed; number, amplitude, and direction of saccades; and fixation duration were calculated for each font size and viewing condition. RESULTS: Reading speed was significantly slower in amblyopes compared to controls for all font sizes during monocular reading with the amblyopic eye (P = 0.004), but only for smaller font sizes for reading with the nonamblyopic eye (P = 0.045) and binocularly (P = 0.038). The most significant ocular motor change was that strabismic amblyopes made more saccades per line than controls irrespective of font size and viewing conditions (P < 0.05 for all). There was no significant difference in saccadic amplitudes and fixation duration was only significantly longer in strabismic amblyopes when reading smaller fonts with the amblyopic eye viewing. CONCLUSIONS: Ocular motor deficits exist in strabismic amblyopes during reading even when reading speeds are normal and when visual acuity is not a limiting factor; that is, when reading larger font sizes with nonamblyopic eye viewing and binocular viewing. This suggests that these abnormalities are not related to crowding. 2016-12-16 14:19:53 amblyopia binocular vision reading strabismus visual development Adult Amblyopia Eye Movements Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Male Reading Size Perception Strabismus Task Performance and Analysis Vision, Binocular Visual Acuity