Rehabilitation

6 topics

Low Vision Services

DeviceRehabilitation

Low vision services, or vision rehabilitation, aim to help people whose vision loss cannot be fully corrected by glasses, contact ...

Gene Therapy for Vision

DeviceRehabilitation

Gene therapy for vision aims to treat inherited eye diseases by delivering functional genes or editing faulty ones in retinal cell...

Bionic Eye

DeviceRehabilitation

A bionic eye, or visual prosthesis, is an implanted device that attempts to restore a degree of vision by electrically stimulating...

Guide Dogs

DeviceRehabilitation

Guide dogs are assistance dogs trained to lead people who are blind or have low vision around obstacles and hazards. The dog works...

Braille

DeviceRehabilitation

Braille is a tactile writing system used by people who are blind or have low vision, in which characters are formed by raised dots...

White Cane

DeviceRehabilitation

The white cane is a mobility aid that lets people who are blind or have low vision detect obstacles, steps, curbs, and changes in ...