The hope of artificial vision for those with total sight loss - RAZOR Science Show

Blindness and severe vision impairment are set to double in the global population by 2050, it’s a disability that poses extraordinary challenges. But a team of neuroscientists at Miguel Hernandez University in Spain, motivated by the success of cochlear implants for deaf patients, have created a visual neuroprosthesis that interfaces with the visual cortex through an implant, bypassing the eye. They are in effect, creating artificial vision. RAZOR’s Gabrielle Lawrence heads to Elche in Spain to meet the team and some of the remarkable patients helping to test and develop the implant.

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