[jjm2111]

Amazing.

[taxcontrol]

Testament to GOD, the engineer.

[egarvue]

My 10-month old niece was born both blind and deaf. It devastated my brother and his wife. But just a couple of weeks ago they gave the baby a cochlear implant, and she hears great now, its utterly amazing to see the look on her face when she listens to music for the first time after months of silence. I keep telling my brother to have hope. When we were kids, we watched a fiction show on TV about the Bionic Man...now 20 years later, he's got a bionic kid for real. In 20 years, I have no doubt that technology and medical advances will routinely be able to help the blind to see.

[SengirV]

The stem cells formed a protective layer over his new cornea to prevent clouding.

I'm sure some people here would rip the stem cells off of his eyes if they could =) Just an observation.

[dogbrain]

but does he LIKE what he sees?

[Hatteras]

"He strains to tell the difference between a man and a woman."

So, he's been watching Jerry Springer, huh?

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

The brain is an amazing parallel processor. With time, this guy's visual processing might kick in again.

Relearning to use a sense that had died is a long process that cannot be rushed. I have a cochlear implant and am one of the fortunate majority of implantees who can use a phone, but it took me some months of immersing myself in sound. I'd drive around with Rush Limbaugh playing on the radio and not have a clue, but eventually one day it snapped into focus, and I've been a radio news junkie ever since.

So my advice to this guy is to never say never.