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Vision rehabilitation in the case of blindness.

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Veraart, Claude [UCL] Duret, Florence [UCL] Brelén, Marten [UCL] Oozeer, Medhi [UCL] Delbeke, Jean [UCL]

This article examines the various vision rehabilitation procedures that are available for early and late blindness. Depending on the pathology involved, several vision rehabilitation procedures exist, or are in development. Visual aids are available for low vision individuals, as are sensory aids for blind persons. Most noninvasive sensory substitution prostheses as well as implanted visual prostheses in development are reviewed. Issues dealing with vision rehabilitation are also discussed, such as problems of biocompatibility, electrical safety, psychosocial aspects, and ethics. Basic studies devoted to vision rehabilitation such as simulation in mathematical models and simulation of artificial vision are also presented. Finally, the importance of accurate rehabilitation assessment is addressed, and tentative market figures are given.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2004
Journal information "Expert review of medical devices" - Vol. 1, no. 1, p. 139-53 (2004)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 1743-4440
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - MD/FSIO - Département de physiologie et pharmacologie
MESH Subject Blindness - rehabilitation ; Electric Stimulation Therapy - instrumentation - methods - trends ; Equipment Design ; Humans ; Prostheses and Implants ; Sensory Aids ; Technology Assessment, Biomedical
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Bibliographic reference Veraart, Claude ; Duret, Florence ; Brelén, Marten ; Oozeer, Medhi ; Delbeke, Jean. Vision rehabilitation in the case of blindness.. In: Expert review of medical devices, Vol. 1, no. 1, p. 139-53 (2004)
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