It took dozens of vision tests to find out what was happening to Logan Galloway’s eyesight. Ultimately, he was diagnosed at 3-years-old with an extremely rare genetic eye disease called Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), Denver’s Channel 9 News reports. Shortly after Logan’s...
Research at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has found that expert sign-watching behavior is already present in babies by about 5 months of age. Researcher and Assistant Professor Rain Bosworth and alumnus Adam Stone studied early-language knowledge in young infants and children by...
The confusing maze of websites, phone numbers, emails and paper documents required to sign up for a Covid vaccination in the United States is making it hard for people who are visually impaired or hard of hearing, the Boston Globe reports. Systems can vary by state and even by city, often forcing...
With all that time shut in at home, it seems a lot of us have been shopping for cars. The website Cars.com recently did a survey that found nearly 60% of car buyers said the pandemic influenced their decision to purchase a vehicle. And more than 50% bought sooner than originally planned, according...
Apple is researching having adjustable lenses in “Apple Glass” that detect a wearer’s eyesight and reconfigure themselves to present the clearest vision, Apple Insider reports. Apple had already been granted a patent for swapping out different lenses to suit wearers of an...
Samantha Helen was a healthy 26-year-old when she was hit with Covid-19. The virus caused her brain to swell, and it permanently affected her vision. A talented makeup artist, Samantha had to learn to navigate with limited eyesight. She’s been told she has nerve damage and that she will...
New York–based brand Private Policy has collaborated with activist, artist, and actor Chella Man on a line of jewelry that celebrates the beauty in the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities, The Cut reports. The gold-plated jewelry was inspired by Chella Man’s artwork, and the accompanying...
Inherited retinal dystrophy is a common cause of blindness, with as many as two million people suffering from the disorder worldwide, and there is no effective treatment. Now a study at the University of Helsinki in Finland has uncovered a mutation in the IFT122 gene in blind dogs, The Bark...
Birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles can regenerate the hair cells inside their cochleas that transmit sound to the brain. Interviewed on NPR, Jim Hudspeth, a neuroscience researcher at Rockefeller University in New York City, explained: “In fact, some of these animals are losing them all...
A talented make-up artist says that Covid-19 left her with permanent nerve damage in both eyes, the UK’s Daily Mail reports. Coronavirus caused 26-year-old Samantha Helen’s brain to swell up, a condition known as encephalitis, and she had to learn how to walk again as she adjusted to...
National Public Radio’s Mary Louise Kelly, co-host of the network’s iconic ‘All Things Considered,’ has significant hearing loss. In a revealing interview with Manoush Zomorodi of the TED Radio Hour podcast, Kelly talked about her hearing loss and strategies she’s...
Countless deaf women have fought for personal and professional recognition, including for the right to vote, writes Joan Naturale in The Conversation. One of them was Annie Jump Cannon, a pioneering astronomer. Naturale writes: Born in 1863, she experienced progressive hearing loss starting at a...
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