Bionic Eye Opens New World Of Sight For The Blind
And those electrodes do what the old retina can't anymore: send electrical signals to the brain that allow sight. Mech says it usually takes patients' brains a little while to make sense of the new signals. "They learn to use the device better over time," he says. "Someone that has had the device for a year...
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