A month ago Larry Hester became the first person in North Carolina to receive a bionic eye. Blind since the age of 30, Hester, who has been treated at the Duke Eye Center, is now learning how to see again. And it isn't that easy.
The device that Hester is wearing is not just as simple as flipping on a switch. He is now learning how to differentiate shapes and colors and going through physical therapy sessions which are rather reminiscent of someone who has just received a new... Read the rest of the story on WUNC.org.