WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers are developing software in a “haptic device” that could give people with visual impairments the ability to identify scientific images on a computer ...

A room used for sleep and audio studies at the Unit for Visually Impaired People. On a hill overlooking a small airport whose runway stretches into the Ligurian Sea sits the Unit for Visually Impaired ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KUTV) — New technology is helping those with visual impairments -- like Ashton Dunford -- gain independence. When Ashton was born his family learned he had septo-optic dysplasia.

Sight Savers America, a national nonprofit, provided high-tech vision aids to Bay County residents with severe visual impairment. The devices, funded by grants, cost between $1,100 and $3,800 and are ...

CONCORD, N.C. — A dozen children living with severe visual impairments from Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, and Stanly counties were gifted life-changing technology thanks to Sight Savers America. MORE: ...

Affordability and limited resources due to the cost of assistive devices, technology, or other learning aids, make it hard for families to get vision care for their children according to a medical ...

Vision Impairment Devices Market Overview: The global Vision Impairment Devices Market is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of approximately 8% over the next five years. This expansion is ...

Nyla Wallace has coped with vision challenges for most of her 16 years, but was only recently diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, which causes an individual’s sight to deteriorate over time and has ...

PennDOT has launched a new driver license program that expands eligibility for visually impaired residents to get a driver’s license. Residents who use bioptic telescope lenses may obtain a learner’s ...