Restoring vision through prosthetic devices represents one of the most ambitious frontiers in translational neuroscience. Despite decades of progress, functional outcomes remain highly variable, often falling short of patient expectations, as adapting to restored vision through visual prostheses is a complex process influenced by neural plasticity, perceptual learning, and psychological factors....
No actionable change for audiologists; this is a vision prosthetics review with indirect conceptual relevance to auditory prosthetic research but no direct clinical audiology application.
Insights into sensory adaptation from visual prosthetics research can inform our understanding of neural plasticity following cochlear implantation and other auditory prosthetic interventions.
- 01Review covers brain adaptation mechanisms following restoration of sight through visual prostheses.
- 02Examines real-world functional outcomes and ongoing challenges for users of visual prosthetic devices.
- 03Situated within the broader field of sensory prosthetics, making it conceptually relevant to cochlear implants.
- 04Neural plasticity and perceptual learning themes overlap with auditory rehabilitation research.
- 05No direct audiology clinical data; relevance is theoretical and translational.
Adaptation to restored sight via visual prostheses involves identifiable neurological mechanisms that can be studied and potentially optimised.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42498067
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2026.101494.
- Journal
- Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
- Publication type
- review
- Evidence level
- na
- Population
- Individuals receiving visual prosthetic devices for restored sight
- Intervention
- Visual prosthetic devices for sight restoration
Primary outcomes
Mechanisms of adaptation to restored vision; Functional outcomes of visual prostheses; Challenges in perceptual adaptation