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Brain implant enables blind woman to see simple shapes

03 Dec 2021
Berna Gómez
Artificial vision: Berna Gómez spent six months working with researchers to test an experimental visual prosthesis that used an electrode array implanted into her brain’s visual cortex. Gómez had been fully blind for 16 years at the time of the experiments. (Courtesy: John A Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah)
A microelectrode array implanted in the visual cortex of a blind woman enabled her to attain a simpl

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Cynthia E Keen is a freelance journalist specializing in medicine and healthcare-related innovations
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