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Digital glasses offer hope of sight for vision-impaired. (israel21c.org)
submitted by CincoDeMustard
ZippyTWP 7 points 4y ago
Exiting stuff. Someday we'll get assistive technology for peripheral vision loss... maybe...
impablomations 3 points 4y ago
Now that is something I'd love to happen. 4yrs since peripheral vision loss and I'm still not used to it and keep walking into things.
ZippyTWP 3 points 4y ago
My wife put my name on the eSight list. Told her it wouldn't help me. But they still try to sell it to me for $10k that I don't have.
That's the problem I have with these breakthroughs. They're prohibitively expensive, and insurance ain't gonna cover them. At least with cochlear implants, they're recognized as an FDA approved treatment and insurance covers them. Hell, my brother is deaf, and his insurance through work covered hearing aids at 85%
That's the problem I have with these breakthroughs. They're prohibitively expensive, and insurance ain't gonna cover them. At least with cochlear implants, they're recognized as an FDA approved treatment and insurance covers them. Hell, my brother is deaf, and his insurance through work covered hearing aids at 85%
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ZippyTWP 1 points 4y ago
I just said eff it and use the cane. Don't care about dirty looks anymore. At least I don't trip down stairs and now, if I run into someone, jokes on them! They look like the a hole. I thwapped some kids sitting on the floor at Best Buy (still had my sunglasses on because it was hideously bright out), and this woman said "Are you blind?!" And the look that immediately washed over her face... It was priceless. She profously apologized but I was dying of laughter. Her husband looked so humiliated, but it was all good.
The point is, technology has not come out yet to make me not look like an ass, and it's frustrating that low vision RP solutions aren't even on the horizon. I was exploring SCOTS2, even got in, but then found out it's basically a scam.
The point is, technology has not come out yet to make me not look like an ass, and it's frustrating that low vision RP solutions aren't even on the horizon. I was exploring SCOTS2, even got in, but then found out it's basically a scam.
Laser_Lens_4 5 points 4y ago
Oh. It's not just another pair of camera goggles. Interesting
ravenshadow2013 4 points 4y ago
this is all well and good but can we afford these modern wonders ?or are they going to be like the E-sight thing?
Sommiel 3 points 4y ago
There is already esight, but it's out of reach price wise. They are around $15K. https://www.esighteyewear.com/
There is also irisvision, for about $2500
https://irie-at.com/product/irisvision/
There is also irisvision, for about $2500
https://irie-at.com/product/irisvision/
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