阅读速度使用国际阅读速度在正常加拿大队列中的文本
Daniel Lamoureux1, Sarah Yeo2, Vishaal Bhambhwani3,4
1Ophthalmology, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, CAN.
Cureus
|May 30, 2023
概括
加拿大成年人使用国际阅读速度文本 (IReST) 阅读速度较慢,相比于英国的标准. 这表明需要针对特定人群的阅读速度基准.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 视光学测量 视光学测量 视光学测量
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 国际阅读速度文本 (IReST) 是衡量阅读速度的标准工具.
- 阅读速度可能会受到各种眼睛状况的影响.
- 现有的IReST标准是使用年轻的英国人口建立的.
研究的目的:
- 评估IReST在正常加拿大人口中的表现.
- 将加拿大队列中的阅读速度与已建立的IReST标准进行比较.
- 评估加拿大人口对阅读速度的潜在人口影响.
主要方法:
- 有望招募112名健康的加拿大参与者 (年龄>14,教育>9年,英语为主语言,视力敏度正常).
- 排除患有眼部或神经/认知疾病的个人.
- 参与者阅读了两个IReST段落,并计算了阅读速度 (每分钟单词),并使用单样t-test与已发布的标准进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 与IReST标准相比,加拿大队列的平均阅读速度较慢 (通道1:211 WPM,通道8:218 WPM) (分别为236 WPM和237 WPM; p < 0.0001).
- 阅读速度在14-18岁年龄组中最高,在60-75岁年龄组中最低.
- 在将加拿大队列与既定标准进行比较时,在两个段落中都观察到显著差异 (p < 0.0001).
结论:
- 通常的加拿大成年人显示阅读速度比IReST标准慢.
- 年龄显著影响阅读速度,老年人阅读速度较慢.
- 在IReST段落中使用英国英语可能有助于加拿大英语使用者的阅读速度降低,突出了对特定人口的规范性数据的需求.
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