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'University of Southampton eye specialists, mathematicians and games designers
have teamed up to create a suite of smartphone games to help improve treatment
for children with amblyopia, known as ‘lazy eye’. This causes sight loss in
young children and occurs when one eye doesn’t develop a strong enough link to
the brain.
Amblyopia affects about 1 in 50 children, and can usually be treated by
covering the unaffected eye with a patch for a few hours a day for several
months. This forces the ‘lazy’ eye to work.
This treatment, known as occlusion therapy, is only successful in around half
of children. Experts say busy households ‘giving up’ due to the time and effort
involved is a leading cause of failure. Amblyopia is far more common, and
treatment is also much more likely to fail, in children from lower
socioeconomic backgrounds.
Dr Jay Self, an eye specialist at the University of Southampton says,
"Consistency in wearing an eye patch is essential for treating amblyopia. The
technique works, but there’s a short window of time for treatment, as it has
very limited success after the age of 8. It requires a huge time investment and
perseverance and is not much fun at all. Sadly, it’s easy to give up.”
The multidisciplinary research team launched a spin-out company, Nucleolus
Software to develop the games. Nucleolus has received funding from the
University’s Web Science Institute, Innovate UK, and the Gift of Sight
charity.'
Via Joerg Fliege, who wrote "Shameless self-promotion: my research has been
featured as a ‘Research Highlight’ by my university. I am pretty buzzed."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
