Health News: A Life-Changing Microchip can help a blind to read again!
One of the good sides of modern technology is that it's making our lives easier and helping us in various ways. Application of modern technology in the health sector has brought many miraculous achievements, with permission from the Almighty! Let us learn about such awesome news in short. A blind person can read again with the help of a life-changing implant!!
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The Dry Form of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is one of the important causes of blindness (there is also a Wet form of AMD). Around the world, it is estimated that five million people are suffering from this form of AMD. They are either already blind or on the highway to blindness. In AMD, people start having blindness in the central part of their visual field! Part of the retina is damaged and cells die, leading to gradual blindness! Today's hopeful news is for the blind people of this category!
The process is quite delicate and complex. A photovoltaic microchip of 2 mm square size and a thickness of human hair is placed under the retina. The person also needs to wear a glass which is nothing but a video camera. The glass sends the photo of a text document to the microchip. After much background work, the blind person can read the text!
There is a catch! The blind person has to take enough training to learn how to interpret text from the image! But, a blind person can go to great lengths to be able to read again!
Those of us who are still blessed with proper vision, we must care for this special blessing!!
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