Thursday, December 28, 2023

Victor Reader Stream 3 with TuneIn App and Study Comparing Two Different Surgeries For Exotropia

Victor Reader Stream 3 (Humanware - Longueuil, Quebec, Canada)

Dr. Sean Donahue (Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Nashville, TN)

Mathieu Paquette, Product Manager at Humanware, discusses the Victor Reader Stream 3, a handheld digital audio player featuring a fully tactile interface, which is now accessible with the TuneIn app.

Then, Dr. Sean Donahue, Coleman Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Pediatric Ophthalmology Division Chief, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in Nashville, explains a study comparing the results of two different types of surgeries to treat exotropia, a form of strabismus.

12/31/2023 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Friday, December 1, 2023

Sensory Substitution Transforming Visual Images Into Sounds and Microglia's Role In Diabetic Retinopathy In Mice

Dr. Josef Rauschecker (Georgetown University - Washington, DC)

Dr. Charles Pfeifer (Washington University - St. Louis, MO)

Dr. Josef Rauschecker, professor of neuroscience and co-director of Georgetown Center for Neuroengineering, in Washington, D.C., explains the idea of how the blind can "see" facial images by using a device that uses "sensory substitution" transforming visual images into sounds by using a computer chip.

Then, Dr. Charles Pfeifer, postdoctoral research doctoral in Dr. Rajendra Apte's lab in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, explains the role of microglia in the development of diabetic retinopathy in mice and how eye injections of a molecule called CD200Fc disrupted the harmful activation of the harmful microglia in the diabetic mice.

12/3/2023 Podcast (Click Image Below)