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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) gradually affects central vision in one or both eyes while leaving peripheral vision (on the sides) intact. This peripheral vision – encompassing everything you ...

The results of the European clinical trial, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, showed 84% of participants were able to read letters, numbers and words using prosthetic vision through an ...

"These are elderly patients who were no longer able to read, write or recognize faces due to lost vision. They couldn't even see the vision chart before. They've gone from being in darkness to being ...