Computer Exercise Helps Stroke Victims "See" Again
From: Rehab Management - 04/01/2009
By: Maggie Fox

Millie Sauer did not even know she had suffered a stroke until she tried to
read a book as she recovered from surgery and saw only a gray blur for part
of the page. 

But an experimental computer-based program has helped Sauer regain some sight
and given her hope of further recovery. 

"We were very surprised when we saw the results from our first patients,"
said Krystel Huxlin of the University of Rochester Eye Institute in New York,
who tested the system with seven stroke patients. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.rehabpub.com/RMN/2009-04-13_06.asp

Links:
Krystel R. Huxlin
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/gebs/faculty/krystel-huxlin.htm

University of Rochester Eye Institute
http://www.stronghealth.com/services/ophthalmology/research/huxlinlab.cfm

New technique helps brain see again after stroke
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20090406/stroke_study_090406/20090406/?hub=CanadaAM&subhub=PrintStory
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090406/stroke_study_090406/20090406?s_name=medExpress2007

Learning to See Again after Stroke
http://www.rpbusa.org/rpb/news/current/page_22/