BrainPort for the visually impaired - ‘seeing’ with the tongue

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According to the National Institutes of Health, more than one million Americans over the age of 40 are legally blind - defined by U.S. law as vision that is 20/200 or worse, or have a field of view that is less than 20 degrees in diameter. It is estimated that adult vision loss costs the country about $51.4 billion per year. A new device aims to help restore the experience of vision for the blind and visually impaired by using nerves on the tongue's surface to send light signals to the brain...

Tags: Blind, Brainport, Eye, Nerves, Sight, Tongue, Vision, Visual, Visually, Wicab

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