This article reports on a study of the effects of regular instruction and practice with prescription reading glasses with three students with low vision. The results indicated that two students demonstrated no advantage in reading large print and one student experienced a decreased reading rate using standard print and reading glasses. Furthermore, all three students preferred to read standard print with reading glasses.
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