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But little things rankle, like not knowing if clothes are stained and needing help shopping for
greeting cards. Everything is a "gray haze -- like being in a cloud," she said. The device will not
make her "see like I used to see," she said. "But it's going to be more than what I have. It's not
just for me -- it's for so many other people that will follow me."
Ms. Campbell's "realistic view of her vision" and willingness to practice are a plus, said Aries
Arditi, senior fellow in vision science at Lighthouse International, a nonprofit agency overseeing
her weekly training, which includes practice moving her head so the camera captures images and
interpreting light as objects.
"In 20 years, people will think it's primitive, like the difference between a Model T and a
Ferrari," said Dr. Lucian Del Priore, an ophthalmology surgeon at New York-Presbyterian
Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, who implanted Ms. Campbell's electrodes. "But