Psychophysical testing of visual prosthetic devices: a call to establish a multi-national joint task force

摘要

Recent advances in the field of visual prostheses, as showcased in this special feature of Journal of Neural Engineering, have led to promising results from clinical trials of a number of devices. However, as noted by these groups there are many challenges involved in assessing vision of people with profound vision loss. As such, it is important that there is consistency in the methodology and reporting standards for clinical trials of visual prostheses and, indeed, the broader vision restoration research field.