Aaron Johnson, Université de Montréal

Research

Latest papers

Exploring the use of smartphones and tablets among people with visual impairments: Are mainstream devices replacing the use of traditional visual aids?
Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA · 2022
Effect of Reading Rehabilitation for Age-Related Macular Degeneration on Cognitive Functioning: Protocol for a Nonrandomized Pre-Post Intervention Study.
JMIR research protocols · 2021
Effectiveness of the Apple iPad as a Spot-reading Magnifier.
Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2018 · senior author

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Words on the Brain: Can Reading Rehabilitation for Age-Related Vision Impairment Improve Cognitive Functioning?
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 1 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Exploring the use of smartphones and tablets among people with visual impairments: Are mainstream devices replacing the use of traditional visual aids?

Martiniello N, Eisenbarth W, Lehane C, Johnson A, Wittich W

Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA2022

DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2019.1682084 PMID: 31697612

02

Effect of Reading Rehabilitation for Age-Related Macular Degeneration on Cognitive Functioning: Protocol for a Nonrandomized Pre-Post Intervention Study.

Wittich W, Pichora-Fuller MK, Johnson A, Joubert S, Kehayia E, Bachir V, Aubin G, Jaiswal A, Phillips N

JMIR research protocols2021

DOI: 10.2196/19931 PMID: 33704074

03

Effectiveness of the Apple iPad as a Spot-reading Magnifier.

Wittich W, Jarry J, Morrice E, Johnson A

Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/opx.0000000000001269 PMID: 30153239

04

Usability of assistive listening devices by older adults with low vision.

Wittich W, Southall K, Johnson A

Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology2016Senior author

DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2015.1042076 PMID: 25945610

05

The developing visual system is not optimally sensitive to the spatial statistics of natural images.

Ellemberg D, Hansen BC, Johnson A

Vision research2012Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2012.06.018 PMID: 22766478

06

Size scaling compensates for sensitivity loss produced by a simulated central scotoma in a shape-from-texture task.

Johnson A, Gurnsey R

Journal of vision2010First author

DOI: 10.1167/10.12.18 PMID: 21047750

Words on the Brain: Can Reading Rehabilitation for Age-Related Vision Impairment Improve Cognitive Functioning?

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Wittich, Walter; Johnson, Aaron P; Joubert, Sven A; Kehayia, Evanthia; Phillips, Natalie A; Pichora-Fuller, Margaret K

Keywords: Age-Related Macular Degeneration; Dementia; Glaucoma; Hearing Impairment; Quasi-Experimental Study; Reading; Rehabilitation; Structural Mri; Visual Cortex; Visual Impairment

$100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Ecole d'optométrie
Psychology
Neurology and Neurosurgery

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Walter Wittich

Ecole d'optométrie

3 shared papers, latest 2022

Sven Joubert

Ecole d'optométrie

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Natalie Phillips

Neurology and Neurosurgery

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Natalie Phillips

Ecole d'optométrie

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Age-Related Macular Degeneration Dear Professor Johnson, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Exploring the use of smartphones and tablets among people with visual impairments: Are mainstream devices replacing the use of traditional visual aids?" (2022), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Words on the Brain: Can Reading Rehabilitation for Age-Related Vision Impairment Improve Cognitive Functioning?" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]