The Future:

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The Future

• Continued development of new paradigm array and
  human clinical trials
• Development of Performance Assessment Paradigms
• Studies in Neuroplasticitywhat will this teach
  us?

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Normal Sensory Perception
Visual
Auditory
Tactile
Merabet et al., Nature Reviews NeuroSci, 2005
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Visual Deprivation
Auditory
Tactile
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Restoring Vision
pattern generated with prosthesis
Visual
Auditory
Tactile
visual percept
?
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True Functional Vision from merging the senses
Visual
Auditory
Tactile
visual percept
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An AnalogyPowered Flight
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Thank youAlvaro Pascual-Leone, MD PhDJoseph
Rizzo, MDDavid Somers, PhDAmir Amedi, PhDPeter
Meijer, PhDHarvard Thorndike GCRCBoston VA
Medical CenterMGH Martinos Neuroimaging Center
BU Medical Neuroimaging Center Carroll Center
for the BlindPerkins School for the Blind