Can a cortically blind person exercise their visual cortex to stimulate healing?
My niece has cortical blindness due to a car wreck injury 11 months ago. I am looking for a way to stimulate the visual cortex (rear right brain) to enhance activity for possible healing. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
Since there’s no answers yet, I’ll toss in my 2 cents.
If she’s blind because of damage to her visual cortex…. how could she stimulate it?
Normally, mental stimulation would be from activating certain stimulus… but if the damage to the visual cortex was so severe that she’s blind, there would be no way (aside from brain surgery) to stimulate it more than normal. If that were possible, then just having her eyes open would heal the damage, which I doubt could ever happen.
Since there’s no answers yet, I’ll toss in my 2 cents.
If she’s blind because of damage to her visual cortex…. how could she stimulate it?
Normally, mental stimulation would be from activating certain stimulus… but if the damage to the visual cortex was so severe that she’s blind, there would be no way (aside from brain surgery) to stimulate it more than normal. If that were possible, then just having her eyes open would heal the damage, which I doubt could ever happen.
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Hi There!
I may not have the full answer to your question BUT there is a site out there that might give your niece and family answers and strength. It’s:
http://www.exjake.com
It’s a forum for the Blind and Visually Impaired. I talked to a lot of the people there when I was researching a character for my screenplay. They have a ton of informative information, and know exactly what your niece is going through and feeling.
If you decide to post a message there, please tell them Hana DesBordes sent you! : )
And remember, there’s no limitations but the limits we set ourselves. As long as there’s breath in her body, there is HOPE.
Your niece is in my prayers : )
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