Lance Corporal Craig Lundberg lost his eyesight by a grenade in Iraq but technology has come to his aid and will help him to "see" with his tongue.
Lundberg, 24, who lost his sight when he was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade while serving in Basra in 2007, can read words, identify shapes and walk unaided thanks to the BrainPort device.
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Life could have been bleak and dismal for Lundberg but everything changed when the Ministry of Defence (MoD) chose him to be the first person to try the BrainPort.
The BrainPort changes visual images into a sequence of electrical pulses, which are sent to the tongue. The varying strength of the tingles can be read or interpreted helping the user to mentally visualise their surroundings and navigate around objects.
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"It feels like licking a nine volt battery or like popping candy," the Independent quoted Lundberg, as saying.
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"You get lines and shapes of things. It sees in black and white so you get a two-dimensional image on your tongue - it's a bit like a pins and needles sensation.
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"One of the things it has enabled me to do is pick up objects straight away. I can reach out and pick them up when before I would be fumbling around to feel for them.
"There is no way I'm getting rid of my guide dog Hugo, though - I love him.
"This is another mobility device, it's not the be-all and end-all of my disability."
Unveiling the BrainPort at the MoD headquarters in Whitehall, US Major General Gale Pollock, who worked on the scheme, said: "It's just so exciting to finally be able to say to people: here is a tool that may help you and start to restore hope to the visually impaired community. It's just wonderful."
Group Captain Rob Scott, who is Lundberg's eye doctor, said: "It is certainly a device with absolutely huge potential.
"The BrainPort is a device that effectively lets blind people see through their tongue. What it uses is electro-tactile stimulation as a sensory substitution for vision.
"It allows an image of their surroundings to be experienced and helps find your way about a place. It is designed to help orientation in an unfamiliar environment." (ANI)
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