Melissa Arnold was given the gift of an eSight 4, allowing her to continue her education at Algoma University; 'I needed something good to happen and this goes above and beyond'
She had that ability taken from her due to macular degeneration, an eye disease that severely blurs a person’s central vision.Arnold was recently gifted with a wearable vision enhancement system for central vision loss known as the eSight 4.
“I was shocked,” Arnold said of her reaction earlier this year, when she was first informed by eSight that she would receive the device.“There aren’t many things that leave me speechless but I didn’t know what to say,” Arnold said. “They said the progression was something they had never seen. They had seen it happen over years and years but they had never seen this happen overnight,” Arnold said.
She takes public transit to the university and other destinations and has a friend who drives her around town when available. “What’s incredible about this device is the profound impact it has on individuals not only because it allows them to see centrally again and do hobbies, go to school and do a job but it also can improve mental health,” said Roland Mattern, eSight sales and marketing director in a phone interview with SooToday.
They’re not difficult to use, Mattern said, stating that anyone who can use a cellphone can use the units.
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