Eye Implant and Special Glasses Enables Reading for Some Blind Patients: Study

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Eye Implant and Special Glasses Enables Reading for Some Blind Patients: Study
Eye Implant and Special Glasses Enables Reading for Some Blind Patients: Study

Research found that one in every 10 individuals aged 40 and above suffers from age-related macular degeneration. fizkes/Shutterstock

Some legally blind patients who received an eye implant and used special glasses saw their sight restored, according to a newly published study.

Twenty-seven of 32 participants who completed a clinical trial used the vision system tested in the trial to read numbers and words, researchers said in the study, which was published by the New England Journal of Medicine on Oct. 20.

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