[Nfbf-l] Artificial vision for the blind becomes reality in new autobiography.

[Alan Dicey]

Dear Friends,
For your information. Appended is the press release about a new book by 
Dobelle brain implant recipient Jens Naumann. As you know, the original 
website for the Dobelle brain implant, artificialvision.com is nowadays in 
use as a mirror website for The vOICe.

Seeing with Sound - The vOICe
http://www.seeingwithsound.com/winvoice.htm

Artificial vision for the blind becomes reality in new autobiography.

Author Jens Naumann publishes the details behind CNN, WIRED and CBC's
news story.

Napanee, Ontario (PRWEB) September 26, 2012.

A decade ago, CNN did a story announcing that artificial vision for the
blind
was not anymore the stuff of science fiction but a reality, and may be one 
of the greatest triumphs in medical history. From the man who has proven 
this  true, Search for Paradise is Jens Naumann's remarkably inspiring 
autobiography.
Detailing his excruciating trials and eventual triumphs, he brings hope to 
the blind community and pays tribute to the people who have made this 
miracle  possible.

"Someday the blind will see again!" This prediction of a miracle cure "just 
around the corner" comes true in 2002 for Naumann-whose first name is 
pronounced as "Yens"-a Canadian who lost his sight in multiple bizarre eye 
traumas.
Meeting up with famed American researcher, Dr. William H. Dobelle, Naumann 
is the first clinical patient to have a brain implant promising the return 
of his treasured sight.

Throughout the book, Naumann describes the devastation, exhilaration, 
disappointment, elation, and confusion that attempts at sight recovery, 
medical intervention, media propaganda, and ethical boundaries conjure in 
the most illustrative intensity. As many questions are answered, many more 
yet are opened and left so far undiscovered. This work is certainly an 
eye-opener, unveiling its wisdom of many lessons learned.

While media giants CNN, WIRED, and CBC showed Naumann driving a car 
following the operation, Search for Paradise describes the real story of the 
extreme emotional turbulence from anguish to awe, surrounding the onset of 
blindness  and the promise of sight recovery. This is one book that will 
touch hearts, uplift spirits, move minds, and change the world, even long 
after its final chapters have been read and closed.

For more information on this book, interested parties may log on to
http://www.Xlibris.com.

About the Author.

Emigrating from West Germany in 1967, Jens Naumann settled as a young boy in 
British Columbia, Canada along with his parents and two siblings. Growing up 
to appreciate the outdoors, motor biking and flying small airplanes, Jens 
turned to the career of land surveyor following his first eye loss while 
working on the railway. Married young, his luck for saving his other eye ran 
out at age 20; forcing an abrupt change in lifestyle as seemingly 
insurmountable challenges continued to bombard him through the process of 
raising nine children. Jens has played an important role in many daunting 
endeavors, including delivering 6 of his children, running a farm, serving 
in Mozambique as Teacher-Training  college instructor, and operating his own 
solar energy systems installation company.
Jens presently resides with his family in Napanee, Ontario, is an avid 
pianist and recently graduated as a registered social services worker from 
Loyalist College.

Search for Paradise * by Jens Naumann A Patient's Account of the Artificial 
Vision Experiment Publication Date: August 31, 2012
Trade Paperback; $23.99; 579 pages; 978-1-4797-0920-5
Trade Hardback; $34.99; 579 pages; 978-1-4797-0921-2
eBook; $3.99; 978-1-4797-0922-9

Members of the media who wish to review this book may request a 
complimentary paperback copy by contacting the publisher at (888) 795-4274 
x. 7879. To purchase copies of the book for resale, please fax Xlibris at 
(610) 915-0294
or call (888) 795-4274 x. 7879

Source URL:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/9/prweb9935368.htm

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