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His main issue is blindness, having to adapt to his surroundings without being able to see
Carnegie Mellon is one of the very few places that can both test for face blindness and perform the brain imaging in our state-of-the-art imaging center
For 30 years, I’ve had to endure great hardship due to my blindness, deteriorating hearing loss and extremely severe tinnitus. To compound matters psychologically, I have to suffer the indignity of my injury not being recognised as having arisen out of and in the course of my duty, despite having been injured in a military attack by the then enemy targeted at the building of my employerMore quotes »
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McFeatters: Artificial retina offers eye-opening promise
It damages and then kills cells in the retina, the part of the eye that processes light, ultimately resulting in total blindness.The device, called Argus II, consists of a miniature video camera attached to a pair of glasses. A small computer translates images Read more »
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Best Glaucoma Treatments Still a Puzzle, Task Force Reports
medicine, also said it couldn't determine whether glaucoma screening for adults without previous vision problems prevents blindness or enhances long-term health."We know that treatments are effective, but we don't know enough to say treatment A is definitely Read more »
Around the web
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Retinal Diseases Awareness Week offers free checks and other activities
imperative for eye-care professionals to educate the public about AMD and diabetic retinopathy which are leading causes of permanent blindness, said MSO president Dr Fang Seng Kheong. To kick-start the campaign, a series of educational and engaging activities, 21 m ago from The Star Malaysia Read more »
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American stabbed in Egypt exhibits breathtaking willful blindness
Sometimes you just have to shake your head.... Egyptian resentment toward US government policies may be justified – but this doesn't make Egypt a dangerous place for Americans, Christopher Stone, the American scholar stabbed outside the US embassy in Cairo 2:14 PM from Elder of Ziyon Read more »
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Does Brad Pitt suffer from face blindness?
I can't grasp a face, and yet I come from such a design/aesthetic point of view. I am going to get it tested." (For more on face blindness, check out this 2011 video of CNN's Sanjay Gupta speaking with Dr. Oliver Sacks , a famed neurologist who has face blindness. 10:29 AM from CNN Read more »
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June Is Deaf-Blind Awareness Month
local business community and media are invited to attend JuneFest with friends, families and colleagues to learn about deaf-blindness while enjoying music, a charity barbeque, games and activities, free samples and more. Over 200 students in grades four through 9:21 AM from MarketWire Read more »
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Helen Keller International Raises More Than $1.1 Million To Prevent Blindness and Malnutrition Around the World
HKI currently has more than 180 programs in 21 African and Asian countries. Part of the work is focused on preventing blindness for millions of vulnerable people through cataract surgery, vision correction, vitamin A supplementation, screening and treatment 1:19 AM from iStockAnalyst Read more »
