Does successful tactile based visual sensory substitution use function independently of visual pathway integrity?
All subjects showed performance improvements using the BrainPort irrespective of nature and duration of blindness. Definite brain areas with significant microstructural integrity changes exist among PB, AB, and NC, and these variations are most pronounced in the visual pathways. However, the use of sensory substitution devices is feasible irrespective of microstructural integrity of the primary visual pathways between the eye and the brain. Therefore, tongue based devices devices may be usable for a broad array of non-sighted patients.
Thyroidectomized patients receiving MF treatment need a lower thyroxine dose than patients who do not receive the drug, possibly due to different characteristics (greater weight, age) of the patients with diabetes mellitus type 2.