With 140 years of tradition, the University of the Incarnate Word is committed to educational excellence in a context of faith in Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word of God. You may access the Brief Communication at: Jeff Rabin, Frances Silva, Natalie Trevino, Harper Gillentine, Liqing Li, Loary Inclan, Gary Anderson, Erica Lee and Harrison Vo. The study on special glasses for color blind people was conducted by Dr. To those with color vision deficiency, colors appear muted, confusing at times and some colors are difficult to differentiate. People with standard color vision see over one million hues and shades while the red-green color blind only see about 10% of them. We look forward to continuing this exciting research.” At a recent six-month visit, a 3-5x improvement in daytime and outdoor color vision was recorded. “For example, a 66-year-old male with severe protanomalous (red cone) deficiency was overjoyed to better see tomatoes in his garden, a complete rainbow, as well as car colors (particularly reds and blues) which ‘pop-out’ when he drives. Jeff Rabin, professor and assistant dean for Graduate Studies, Research and Assessment at UIWRSO. “Our results indicate that EnChroma lenses can improve color vision and quality of life in some individuals with color vision deficiency,” says Dr. Since the color blind cannot properly receive signals from specific color cones, the results indicate that EnChroma glasses activate the neural mechanisms required to better see colors and improve and expand color vision for those with red-green color vision deficiencies. Selective (cone-specific) immediate and long-term improvement of VEPs with EnChroma lenses suggests they enable stimulation of the brain areas critical for color vision. Most significantly, building upon prior research, the study found immediate and long-term improvement in color threshold (lowest color contrast detectable) as well as measures above threshold (readily visible to the color blind), including color naming and visual brainwaves (VEPs) with the stimulus visible only to red, green or blue sensitive cones. After 12 days, improved color vision was sustained even without wearing the glasses. With the glasses, subjects showed immediate improvement. Cone contrast sensitivity and color naming were then assessed by presenting the subjects colored letters visible only to the red, green or blue cones. In the study, thirteen color blind subjects were given the special color-correcting lenses developed by EnChroma and wore them daily for 11 to 14 days. ![]() Yet, 8% of males and 0.5% of females have hereditary color vision deficiency, an estimated 13 million in the US and 350 million globally. Normal color vision, predicated on three cones sensitive to red, green and blue light, is essential for critical color discrimination in multiple occupations and for learning in school. ![]() It should be noted that test subjects with color blindness experienced immediate improvement, which persisted long-term even after subjects stopped wearing the glasses. San Antonio, TX – Febru– The University of the Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry (UIWRSO) is proud to announce the publication of a groundbreaking new study that found special EnChroma glasses for color blindness, engineered with technically advanced spectral notch filters, enhance color vision for those with the most common types of color vision deficiency. – Study Published in Nature Journal “Eye” Reveals Stimulation of Color Vision Functions in Cerebral Cortex and Neural Adaptivity –
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