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I'm blind in one eye. Can technology restore my vision? (self.Blind)
submitted 8y ago by panchoVilla00
Hey yall,
I'm blind in my right eye due to an accident I had as a toddler where glass cut my eye and left me blind. I've always wondered what kind of technology is out there to restore my vision. I'm not eager to gain full vision as I have lived all my life blind in one eye and aside from a few people teasing me in school it hasn't been a problem for me. Now that I am grown I am curious if technology is far enough in this field to restore vision. It would be amazing to see with both eyes, but since I don't remember what its like, I guess I'm not really missing anything, just curious.
I'm blind in my right eye due to an accident I had as a toddler where glass cut my eye and left me blind. I've always wondered what kind of technology is out there to restore my vision. I'm not eager to gain full vision as I have lived all my life blind in one eye and aside from a few people teasing me in school it hasn't been a problem for me. Now that I am grown I am curious if technology is far enough in this field to restore vision. It would be amazing to see with both eyes, but since I don't remember what its like, I guess I'm not really missing anything, just curious.
geoffisblind 1 points
There are a lot of really cool things happening but research is still kind of far out. I personally have genetic material in a lab where researches are looking at restorative stem cell therapy. I have a genetic degenerative retinal condition and may benefit from treatments like that. The research is going well but results are still kind of far on the horizon. I'm hopeful that it will be useful for me at some point but I'm just working on managing the whole low vision thing for the time being. If those resources become available at some point in the future then I will be happy to have vision restored, if not I am prepared to keep going forward.
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panchoVilla00 [OP] 2 points
Thanks I have an appointment for next month. Was just curious to see if there are any cases of blindness being restored but I agree the first step is to see the damage.
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