'Visual' acuity of the congenitally blind using visual-to-auditory sensory substitution.

Sensory Substitution Devices (SSDs) convey visual information through sounds or touch, thus theoretically enabling a form of visual rehabilitation in the blind. However, for clinical use, these devices must provide fine-detailed visual information which was not yet shown for this or other means of v...

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Autores principales:	Ella Striem-Amit, Miriam Guendelman, Amir Amedi
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:736676fe410b414384acc543285225922021-11-18T07:25:01Z'Visual' acuity of the congenitally blind using visual-to-auditory sensory substitution.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0033136https://doaj.org/article/736676fe410b414384acc543285225922012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22438894/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Sensory Substitution Devices (SSDs) convey visual information through sounds or touch, thus theoretically enabling a form of visual rehabilitation in the blind. However, for clinical use, these devices must provide fine-detailed visual information which was not yet shown for this or other means of visual restoration. To test the possible functional acuity conveyed by such devices, we used the Snellen acuity test conveyed through a high-resolution visual-to-auditory SSD (The vOICe). We show that congenitally fully blind adults can exceed the World Health Organization (WHO) blindness acuity threshold using SSDs, reaching the highest acuity reported yet with any visual rehabilitation approach. This demonstrates the potential capacity of SSDs as inexpensive, non-invasive visual rehabilitation aids, alone or when supplementing visual prostheses.Ella Striem-AmitMiriam GuendelmanAmir AmediPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 3, p e33136 (2012)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Ella Striem-Amit Miriam Guendelman Amir Amedi 'Visual' acuity of the congenitally blind using visual-to-auditory sensory substitution.
description	Sensory Substitution Devices (SSDs) convey visual information through sounds or touch, thus theoretically enabling a form of visual rehabilitation in the blind. However, for clinical use, these devices must provide fine-detailed visual information which was not yet shown for this or other means of visual restoration. To test the possible functional acuity conveyed by such devices, we used the Snellen acuity test conveyed through a high-resolution visual-to-auditory SSD (The vOICe). We show that congenitally fully blind adults can exceed the World Health Organization (WHO) blindness acuity threshold using SSDs, reaching the highest acuity reported yet with any visual rehabilitation approach. This demonstrates the potential capacity of SSDs as inexpensive, non-invasive visual rehabilitation aids, alone or when supplementing visual prostheses.
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author	Ella Striem-Amit Miriam Guendelman Amir Amedi
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title	'Visual' acuity of the congenitally blind using visual-to-auditory sensory substitution.
title_short	'Visual' acuity of the congenitally blind using visual-to-auditory sensory substitution.
title_full	'Visual' acuity of the congenitally blind using visual-to-auditory sensory substitution.
title_fullStr	'Visual' acuity of the congenitally blind using visual-to-auditory sensory substitution.
title_full_unstemmed	'Visual' acuity of the congenitally blind using visual-to-auditory sensory substitution.
title_sort	'visual' acuity of the congenitally blind using visual-to-auditory sensory substitution.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2012
url	https://doaj.org/article/736676fe410b414384acc54328522592
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'Visual' acuity of the congenitally blind using visual-to-auditory sensory substitution.

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