My primary research interest is the assessment of vision in aging individuals. My current work involves investigating the visual, motor and cognitive factors that contribute to reading ability in people with early to intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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Journal Articles
. (2021). Visual Function in Eyes with Intermediate AMD with and without Retinal Pigment Abnormalities. Optometry And Vision Science, 98(1).
. (2020). Simple Vision Function Tests that Distinguish Eyes with Early to Intermediate Age-related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 10, 1-12. http://doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2020.1793371
. (2020). Simple Vision Function Tests that Distinguish Eyes with Early to Intermediate Age-related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmic Epidemiology.
. (2018). Vision Function in Early to Intermediate AMD: Progression to Advanced AMD. Investigative Ophthalmology Vis. Sci., 59(9).
. (2017). Reading Performance in Intermediate Age-related Macular Degeneration: Context Effects. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 58(8), 4701.
. (2017). Vision function differs with retinal characteristics in AMD: large drusen with and without pigment abnormalities. Investigative Ophthalmology Vis. Sci., 58(8), 4708.
. (2016). Longitudinal Assessment of Non-standard Vision Function in Early to Intermediate AMD: Baseline Update. Investigative Ophthalmology Vis. Sci., 57(12), 624.
. (2015). Assessing Non-standard Vision Function in Early to Intermediate AMD. Investigative Ophthalmology Vis. Sci., 56.
. (2014). Comparison of Panel D-15 Tests in a large older population. Optometry And Vision Science, 91(3), 284-290.
. (2014). Longitudinal Increase in Anisometropia in Older Adults. Optometry And Vision Science, 91(1), 60-67.
. (2012). Association between hearing and vision impairments in older adults. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, 32(1), 45-52.
. (2010). Monocular vs. Binocular Measurement of Spatial Vision in Elders. Optometry And Vision Science, 87(8), 526-531.
. (2010). Non-standard Vision Measures Predict Mortality in Elders: The Smith-Kettlewell Institute (SKI) Study. Ophthalmic Epidemiol, 17(4), 242-50.
. (2008). Dual Sensory Loss: Overview of Problems, Visual Assessment, and Rehabilitation. Trends In Amplification, 11, 219-26. http://doi.org/10.1177/1084713807307410
. (2005). Face Recognition in the Elderly. Optometry And Vision Science, 82(10), 874-81. http://doi.org/10.1097/01.opx.0000180764.68737.91
. (2005). Night Driving Self-Restriction: Vision Function and Gender Differences. Optometry And Vision Science, 82, 755-64. http://doi.org/10.1097/01.opx.0000174723.64798.2b
. (2004). Functional vision: ‘Real world’ impairment examples from the SKI Study. Visual Impairment Research, 6(1), 35-44.
. (2004). Low contrast vision function predicts subsequent acuity loss in an aged population: The SKI study. Vision Research, 44, 2317-25. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2004.04.018
. (2003). Vision and Driving Self-Restriction in Older Adults. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society, 51(10), 1348-55. http://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51482.x
. (2002). Is vision function related to physical functional ability in older adults?. Journal Of American Geriatric Society, 50, 136-145.
. (2002). Changes in Vision Function over time in an Older Population: the SKI Study. Investigative Ophthalmology Vis. Sci., 43, 4717.
. (2002). Predicting Visual Acuity Loss In An Older Population: The Ski Study. Investigative Ophthalmology Vis. Sci., 43, 3841.
. (2002). Development of Refractive Errors into Old Age. Optometry And Vision Science, 79(10), 643-9. http://doi.org/10.1097/00006324-200210000-00010
. (2002). Predicting declines in vision and vision performance in older individuals. The Fall Vision Meeting, Oct 24-27, 2002, San Francisco. Journal Of Vision, 2(10), 37-37.
. (2002). Reading performance in older adults: The SKI study. The Fall Vision Meeting, Oct 24-27, 2002, San Francisco. Journal Of Vision, 2(10), 36-36. http://doi.org/10.1167/2.10.36
. (2001). Reading Performance in Older Adults with Good Acuity. Optometry And Vision Science, 78(5), 316-24.
. (2001). The Relation Between Visual Acuity and Other Spatial Vision Measures. Optometry And Vision Science, 77(12), 653-62. http://doi.org/10.1097/00006324-200012000-00012
. (2000). Visual impairments in elderly people under everyday viewing conditions. Journal Of Visual Impairment And Blindness, 94(12), 741-755.
. (2000). Ocular contributions to age-related loss in coarse stereopsis. Optometry And Vision Science, 77(10), 531-536.
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
The Center's research goal is to develop and apply new scientific knowledge and practical, cost-effective devices to better understand and address the real-world problems of blind, visually impaired, and deaf-blind consumers
Contact Information
Smith-Kettlewell
2318 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA,
Room #
418
Email:
lott@ski.org
Office Phone:
(415) 345-2121