There are 37 other patients also going under treatment. They say they can now tell plates from cups, see grass from the side walk, tell which letters there are in the alphabet and tell the different from dark and white socks. Andrew P. Mariani who works at the National Eye Institute says, "for someone who's been totally blind, this is really remarkable." This is one way for patients to slowly regain their eyesight. Stem cell research has also been suggested as well as a capsules with protein in them to slow down the process of the decay of light-responding cells that helps a person see. Also patients are using artificial retina which produces some sight. It is basically glasses with a camera that captures images and translates the pattern of light and dark on the video processor patients wear around their waist. Dr Dorn says that it isn't a very good image yet because the implant only has 60 electrodes but they continue to work on improvements. Here is a video about the glasses made to allow the blind to see.
by Jennie, Sophie, and Zoe
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from the New York Times
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This is a very interesting article but every person could have their own opinions on whether or not they would test this. There are a few spelling mistakes in the blog article
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting article but people could have different opinions on whether or not they would test it. There are a few spelling mistakes.
ReplyDeletethis is a good idea for people who are completely blind. I agree with aliza, people might be nervouse about testing it. There is not much info about and down sides to this pair of "glasses".
ReplyDeleteI dont think its worth spending this money to see a dots and a few colors
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