Reading of people with acquired low vision under the rehabilitation process

Abstract

Aim: to determine how subjects with acquired low vision that participated in the rehabilitation process used reading in their daily life. Method: Investigation was performed through descriptive and transversal survey. Population was composed of 30 subjects with acquired low vision that underwent the Adults and Teens Rehabilitation Program of Cepre/FCM/Unicamp in 2008. A questionnaire was applied through interview, resulting from exploratory survey. Results: Most subjects (75,2%) declared they are not able to comprehend the text on the first reading, but only 68,7% of this population declared having the need to read the text again. The reasons why 30,0% of the subjects abandoned the reading were the difficulty of seeing and the eyestrain. Conclusion: The abandon of reading activities and the difficulty in understanding the text to be read, justify the need to emphasize the work on reading during the rehabilitation process.