A new retinal implant has helped blind patients read again. The 2mm PRIMA chip, developed by Science Corporation, converts camera footage into visual signals, restoring central vision for people with advanced macular degeneration.

"Before receiving the implant, it was like having two black discs in my eyes, with the outside distorted," said Sheila Irvine, one of the participants at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London.

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A new eye implant has improved the vision of 81 percent of trial participants suffering from the most common cause of irreversable blindness among the elderly. José-Alain Sahel. study author and chair of ophthalmology department at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,

Some blind people are able to use the sound of echoes to "see" where things are and to navigate their environment. Now, a new study finds that these people may even be using visual parts of their brains to process the sounds. Echolocation is best known in ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Over 70 Grand Valley residents who identify as low vision or support the community attended the inaugural Knights of the Blind Walk on October 18.

Imagine telling your grandma in 2003 that within a decade we'd invent a wearable video camera that wirelessly transmits images to your eyeball, effectively allowing the blind to see. She would've laughed you out the door! And then she would've asked you to ...