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A blind and partially deaf man regained his sight and hearing when he was struck by lighting while out chasing his pet chicken
how long to regain sight after detached retina?
Eric Hoffer lost his sight as a child, then inexplicably regained it at 15. He was afraid he would go blind again, and resolved to read as much as possible; he ultimately became a respected philosopher.
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what woman regained her sight in 1881?
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John returned to the U.S. in 1866 and worked at a wagon wheel factory until an accident nearly caused him to lose his sight permanently. Once he regained his sight he was determined to spend his life studying plants.
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A philosophical problem from 1688 about whether those blind from birth, upon regaining sight could identify shapes by touch was answered in an MIT study in 2003. They could not.
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Actress Debra Winger was hurt in a car crash in 1973 that left her blind with a cerebral hemorrhage. She was told she would never see again. She regained her sight after a year and went on to star in An Officer And A Gentleman and Terms Of Endearment.
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A woman who had been blind for nine years regained her sight after doctors implanted one of her canine teeth in her eye.
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There are people who have been blind as long as they can remember who then regained their sight later from surgery.
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It's possible to regain sight with a procedure called Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis. In layman terms the cornea is replaced with a tooth
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Molyneux's Problem (1689) asks if a blind person can feel differences between shapes (e.g. cubes and spheres), could they recognise them by sight alone, if they regained their vision? In 2003, five blind people re-gained their sight. They could not recognise the shapes by sight alone.
