Vision Treatment Advances: Recent Episodes
AIRS-LA The Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles
Max Flehinger, former AIRSLA President, selects and reads articles on recent advances in vision treatment from a variety of prominent vision treatment journals and seminars.
NEI -funded Research Suggest Repetitive Strain From Eye Movement May Play a Role in Glaucoma.
Closing In on a Cure for Vision Loss" by Jonathan D. Rockoff, from July 24, 2012 Wall Street Journal.
The Sun's In Your Eyes. A solar-powered sensor could monitor the eyeball's pressure. by Joseph Calamia, in the April, 2011 IEEE Spectrum.
Bionic Pancreas. An artificial organ could improve control over diabetes - and its associated eye diseases. by Sandra Upson. From the January, 2011 issue of IEEE Spectrum.
Steps toward a Bionic Eye. Artificial retinas that allow the blind to see. by Jamie Horder. From Scientific American online, published Tuesday, February 15, 2011.
Regaining Balance (and Vision) with Bionic Ears. Electronic implants in the inner ear may one day restore clear vision and equilibrium in some patients with disabling unsteadiness. by Charles C. Della Santina
Anne Marie Howard of AIRS-LA interviews Dr. Kent Small, presenter of the AMD Overview at the Discovery Eye Foundation Seminar.
Living with low vision due to Age-related Macular Degeneration. Solutions and coping strategies.
What the future holds - Current and future treatments for Age-related Macular Degeneration
Genetics as related to diseases of the eye - Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), Glaucoma, and Keratoconus
Patients with AIR, a rare blinding eye disease, saw their vision improve after treatment with drugs to suppress their immune systems, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center.
Bionic eye gives blind man sight - A man who lost his sight 30 years ago says he can now see flashes of light after being fitted with a bionic eye. from BBC Health News
This pod cast describes how to modify the lighting at your home, office, or school to improve your functional vision.
Dr. Bill discusses several video magnifiers that work beautifully with notebook computers to give you portability as well as enhanced vision.
Dr. Bill introduces new portable Video Magnifiers for 2008 - They've improved greatly, especially their screens.
A discussion of vision-improving technology and practical advice on how to choose the best approach for you.
Wide Focus Range Magnifiers. Dr. Bill gives you the low-down on video magnifiers that can focus on both far and near objects.
Dr. Bill reviews desktop video magnification systems, also known as desktop closed-circuit TVs or, simply CCTVs.
Second Sight Medical Products announces it has completed US phase 1 enrollment for FDA-approved clinical studies and is commencing European clinical trials for the Argus II Retinal Implant.
Scientists for the first time have used gene therapy to dramatically improve sight for people with a rare form of blindness.
The convergence of Web 2.0 and social media technology lets anyone listen to text news and blogs on-line or on-the-go.
New tools such as Empower allow blind students more freedom and access to print, computer and internet information.
The new OTS134 laser gives most practicing eye surgeons the ability to quickly master complex glaucoma surgery.
ResVerLogic Corporation announces positive results from preliminary concept studies for the TGF Beta ShieldTM as a new therapy for glaucoma treatment.
Canadian radio station Whistler FM has a system which will improve the prospects of the visually-impaired to work in the radio industry.
New miniature devices provide hope of stopping and reversing damage caused by age-related macular degeneration - if the FDA gives the green light.
Australian Brandon Autung-Pererra uses new digital technologies to deal with the RP that has gradually reduced his vision.
New functional magnetic resonance imaging shows certain brain activity that supports vision restoration therapy's ability to enhance vision in stroke and brain injury patients.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine researchers have shown that gene therapy restores function to the brain's visual processing center in addition to restoring retinal activity.
Scripps researchers hope this 5 year grant will result in successful stem cell treatment for certain types of vision loss including diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma and retinitis pigmentosa.
Bluetooth-assisted cell phone technology helps the visually impaired to read bus schedules, distinguish grocery store items, and read currency.
ATT partners with Code Factory to offer Mobil Speak and Mobil Magnifier to customers with visual impairment.
A routine operation using stem cells will restore the sight of people with the most common form of blindness, age-related macular degeneration, within 10 years.
TellMate uses the radio frequency identification tags you've seen in some stores to help the blind recognize objects.
The Maryland library supplying textbooks to visually impaired students intends to reduce the long waiting period students must wait for their course materials.