Marilyn Schneck

Scientist Emeritus

Ph.D.

I have long been interested in and have studied the value of non-standard vision measures (i.e. measures other than high contrast acuity) as predictors of performance on important tasks of daily life, indicators of retinal status, and predictors of disease progression. I am particularly interested in assessing deficits in task performance in people with diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.

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Contact Information:

Email: mes@ski.org

Office Phone: (415) 345-2106


Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute 2318 Fillmore Street

San Francisco, CA 94115

Publications

Schneck, M. ., Lott, L. ., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G. ., Hewlett, S. ., Gauer, B. M., & Zaidi, A. . (2021). Visual Function in Eyes with Intermediate AMD with and without Retinal Pigment Abnormalities. Optometry and Vision Science, 98(1). (Original work published 2021)

Lott, L. ., Schneck, M. ., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G. ., Hewlett, S. ., Stepien-Bernabe, N. ., Gauer, B. ., … Brabyn, J. . (2020). Simple Vision Function Tests that Distinguish Eyes with Early to Intermediate Age-related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 10, 1-12. 10.1080/09286586.2020.1793371 (Original work published 2020)

Lott, L. ., Schneck, M. ., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G. ., Hewlett, S. ., Stepien-Bernabe, N. ., Gauer, B. M., … Brabyn, J. . (2020). Simple Vision Function Tests that Distinguish Eyes with Early to Intermediate Age-related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. (Original work published 2020)

Lott, L. ., Schneck, M. ., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G. ., Hewlett, S. ., Gauer, B. ., & Brabyn, J. . (2018). Vision Function in Early to Intermediate AMD: Progression to Advanced AMD. Investigative Ophthalmology Vis. Sci., 59(9). (Original work published 2018)

Lott, L. ., Schneck, M. ., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G. ., Hewlett, S. ., & Brabyn, J. . (2017). Reading Performance in Intermediate Age-related Macular Degeneration: Context Effects. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 58(8), 4701. (Original work published 2017)

Schneck, M. ., Lott, L. ., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G. ., Gauer, B. ., Hewlett, S. ., & Brabyn, J. . (2017). Vision function differs with retinal characteristics in AMD: large drusen with and without pigment abnormalities. Investigative Ophthalmology Vis. Sci., 58(8), 4708. (Original work published 2017)

Lott, L. ., Schneck, M. ., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G. ., Hewlett, S. ., Gauer, B. ., & Brabyn, J. . (2016). Longitudinal Assessment of Non-standard Vision Function in Early to Intermediate AMD: Baseline Update. Investigative Ophthalmology Vis. Sci., 57(12), 624. (Original work published 2016)

Lott, L. ., Schneck, M. ., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G. ., Hewlett, S. ., Gauer, B. ., & Brabyn, J. . (2015). Assessing Non-standard Vision Function in Early to Intermediate AMD. Investigative Ophthalmology Vis. Sci., 56. (Original work published 2015)

Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G. ., Schneck, M. ., Lott, L. ., Hewlett, S. ., & Brabyn, J. . (2014). Longitudinal Increase in Anisometropia in Older Adults. Optometry and Vision Science, 91(1), 60-67. (Original work published 2014)

Schneck, M. ., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G. ., Lott, L. ., & Brabyn, J. . (2014). Comparison of Panel D-15 Tests in a large older population. Optometry and Vision Science, 91(3), 284-290. (Original work published 2014)

Schneck, M. ., Lott, L. ., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G. ., & Brabyn, J. . (2012). Association between hearing and vision impairments in older adults. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, 32(1), 45-52. (Original work published 2012)

Lott, L. ., Schneck, M. ., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G. ., & Brabyn, J. . (2010). Non-standard Vision Measures Predict Mortality in Elders: The Smith-Kettlewell Institute (SKI) Study. Ophthalmic Epidemiol, 17(4), 242-50. (Original work published 2010)

Projects

  • Active
    Reading in mTBI

    People with mTBI often complain about dificulty in reading in spite of normal results in usual eye exams. We investigate this issue by looking at accommodation and reading rate and subjective measurement of reading difficuties for a variaty of reading tasks in normal and mTBI population.

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  • Completed
    Assessment of Speechreading with Dual Sensory Loss: Visual and Hearing Impairments

    The purpose of this research study is to test subjects who have various hearing and vision problems on their lipreading, visual and auditory skills in order to understand the relationships between lipreading and visual impairment. We then can explore training strategies to improve auditory and visual communication.

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  • Reading, Vision Function and Disease Progression in Early to Intermediate AMD
    Inactive
    Reading, Vision Function and Disease Progression in Early to Intermediate AMD

    Most prior research on reading in people with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has focused on those with advanced disease. The first goal of this project is to examine the visual, motor, and cognitive factors that contribute to reading performance in people with early to intermediate(E/I) AMD. A second goal is to compare those with E/I AMD to age-matched groups with no AMD, and with advanced disease to determine which characteristics of the E/I AMD participants more closely match those with advanced AMD. The final goal is to assess our E/I AMD participants longitudinally to determine…

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