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Sense of Touch Improves With Practice – Important Discovery for Braille Learners

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Canadian researchers have published a paper that seeks to answer whether blind people enjoy an enhanced sense of touch because their brains are compensating for sight loss or because they use their fingertips to do so much.

According to the study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, it is the regular use of their fingertips to learn about their environment that explains blind individuals’ keen sense of touch.
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Electrical Stimulation Therapy Can Help Retinitis Pigmentosa Patients

A new study of how electrical stimulation therapy (EST) can potentially help retinitis pigmentosa patients has recently been presented. The study, performed by Okuvision GmbH and published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, involves stimulating the eye's retina with small amounts of electrical current.  According to the source of this…
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Diabetic Retinopathy: New Video Diagnostic Technology

  Diabetic retinopathy should be easier to detect with a new video imaging technique being developed in Australia. At the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Congress researchers presented on how retinal video recording is as accurate at detecting diabetic retinopathy as the commonly established diagnostic practices - still photography…
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Advances in Retinal Implants May Help Macular Degeneration Patients

Scientists are developing new technologies that will make retinal implants better.  When diseases like macular degeneration or retinitis pigmentosa become so advanced, some people may choose to turn to surgically implanted artificial retinal devices. Existing technology has made it possible for a signal sent from a video camera attached to…
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Prevent Cataracts and Auto Accidents With Good Sunglasses

Do you trade in your prescription lenses for a pair of drug store sunglasses on days when the glare is bothering you?  A new study by eyeglass lens maker Essilor of America finds that 20% of people will drive without any corrective eyewear on sunny days because they do not…
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Breakthrough: Microchip Implant Restores Partial Sight

For the first time, scientists have restored the ability of previously blind patients to recognize letters, fruit and other items using light-sensitive microchips implanted in the inner surface of the eye. The microchip is only approximately 3 millimeters by 3 millimeters in size, but is loaded with 1,500 light detectors…
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Contact Lenses: Potential Problems With Long-Wearing Silicone Hydrogels

image by jdurham Researchers have found that people who wear silicone hydrogel (SH) contact lenses are likely to suffer corneal staining (mild abrasions of the eye), but that these situations rarely turn into more serious corneal infiltrative events.  Corneal infiltrates are marked by eye discomfort, feeling…
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Tinted Glasses Can Help Kids Cope With Dyslexia

An article in the British newspaper, The Journal, talks about a middle school student who is coping with dyslexia thanks to a new pair of glasses. Rose-tinted glasses help to reduce visual stress and stop the feeling that words and musical notes were "moving fast off the page." According to…
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Improving Vision In Athletes – And the Rest of Us

image via santabarbaraca.gov A survey of Italian coaches, trainers, and physical education teachers sought to determine attitudes toward vision correction in athletes.  Those interviewed believed it was important to correct vision problems during sports, but they were not likely to recommend that their athletes try contact…
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iPhone Good Enough for Eye Doctors to Examine Patients’ Results

Maybe they will start calling it the EyePhone... At the  American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) - Middle East-Africa Council of Ophthalmology (MEACO) Joint Meeting in Chicago researchers described how images on the iPhone are of high enough quality that they can be used by eye doctors who want a portable…
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