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·March 5, 2021·4 min read

Vision Impairment Is Associated With Mortality

Meta-analysis reveals those who have visual impairments or are blind have a higher risk of mortality compared to peers with better vision. The study found mortality risk was 29% higher in those with mild visual impairment and rose to 89% higher for those with severe visual impairments.

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·March 5, 2021·4 min read

Retinal Implants Can Give Artificial Vision to the Blind

A new retinal implant that works in conjunction with camera-equipped smart glasses and a microcomputer provides blind people with "artificial vision" by stimulating retinal cells.

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·February 15, 2021·4 min read

Visual Hallucinations Among Blind People Increase During Pandemic

Loneliness, stress, and social isolation as a result of COVID-19 exacerbated and intensified visual hallucinations in blind people with Charles Bonnet Syndrome by 56%.

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·August 7, 2020·4 min read

Humans Use the Visual Part of Their Brain When Hearing Sounds in the Dark, Even If They Were Born Without Sight

Humans use the primary visual cortex to process sounds in the dark. This not only occurs in those with sight but also those who were born blind.

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·May 14, 2020·3 min read

Dynamic stimulation of the visual cortex allows blind and sighted people to ‘see’ shapes

A visual cortical prosthesis can restore sight by bypassing damage to the eyes and delivering visual information retrieved from a camera directly to the brain.

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·September 23, 2019·2 min read

How the brain repurposes unused regions

There is an underlying organization that dictates how the visual cortex is repurposed in blind people, which is not random.

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·February 28, 2019·6 min read

Making Sense of How the Blind ‘See’ Color

Researchers suggest blind and sighted people experience visual phenomena differently, but share a common understanding of them.

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·February 15, 2019·3 min read

Can Being Born Blind Protect People From Schizophrenia?

A new study provides compelling evidence that congenital blindness and early cortical blindness may decrease the risk of developing schizophrenia. Researchers believe the protective effect may be related to compensatory cortical reorganization.

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·August 29, 2018·4 min read

Researchers 3D Print Prototype for a ‘Bionic Eye’

Researchers have developed a 3D printed prototype for a bionic eye. The team successfully printed an array of light receptors onto a hemispherical surface. This advance could revolutionize restoring vision to those who have lost their sight.

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·August 1, 2018·4 min read

Blind People Depend on Timing Cues for Some Spatial Awareness

Researchers report blind people need additional timing cues to accurately judge relative locations of sounds, but those without visual impairments who were blindfolded could judge the relative location of sounds independently from timing cues.

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·October 25, 2017·15 min read

My Sudden Synesthesia: How I Went Blind and Started Hearing Colors

Recovering from suddenly losing her vision, Vanessa Potter experienced a mingling of her senses and altered the way in which she saw colors.

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·July 26, 2017·4 min read

Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cas9 Prevents Angiogenesis of the Retina

CRISPR gene editing has allowed researchers to prevent angiogenesis of the retina occurring in mice. Researchers say the new technology could help prevent vision loss in those with retinal diseases.

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