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<dd>At 03:40 PM 10/27/2011, you wrote:<br>
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<dd>Dear Mr. Andrews, <br><br>
<dd>Greetings. I am a researcher at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns
Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. I’m writing because we are
recruiting volunteers ages 10 years and up who have 20/500 or worse
visual acuity but have some remaining vision (including light perception)
for a focus group study that will take place by dialing in over the phone
or via computer from remote locations. I would like to post something on
your mailing list however I wanted to make sure it is appropriate for
your audience.<br><br>
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<dd>The purpose of the study is to generate a list of activities that
volunteers do with their remaining vision (for example, cooking). Once we
generate the list, we will then compile all activities from different
groups into a single form and ask the volunteers to rank each item by
level of difficulty. We expect to conduct 3-5 one-hour sessions
over a 3-5 month period. We will pay $10 for each one-hour
session. I’m attaching a flyer that will give more
information.<br><br>
<dd> <br><br>
<dd>I believe that your group will be able to contribute to the study
with their unique perspective. Participation in the study may also give
volunteers a sense of satisfaction and also put them in touch with
opportunities or resources that may benefit folks them in the
future.<br><br>
<dd> <br><br>
<dd>At your earliest convenience, please let me know if it is appropriate
to post our flyer on your mailing list. If so, would it be easier for you
to post it and then they can contact me by the info on the flyer or
should I post it myself? Feel free to email or call me with your
questions, comments, or concerns. Thanks in advance for your
consideration.<br>
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<div align="center"><img src="cid:.0" width=163 height=176 alt="[]"><b>
Recruitment for Vision Research Study:<br>
PLoVR<br>
</b>Researchers in the Lions Vision Center, <br>
part of the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins,<br>
are looking for volunteers with almost no remaining vision<br>
to help them design vision training activities.<br>
If successful, these activities may help<br>
nearly-blind individuals learn to see a little better.<br>
In the future, blind patients with a retinal implant<br>
may use these activities to re-learn to see.<br>
That’s why we’re calling this program<br>
Prosthetic Low Vision Rehabilitation, or PLoVR<br>
(like the little bird at the top of this page),<br>
and you can help make this possible.<br>
If you are at least 10 years old and live within 2 hours from Johns
Hopkins, we invite you to come participate in person, talk about how you
use your vision, and help us design the activities. There will be
3-5 one-hour sessions, and we may invite you to come for 20 or more
practice sessions, spread out over several years, to try out new
activities.<br>
If you live farther away, you can participate by telephone.<br>
There will be 3-5 sessions to talk about how you use your vision.<br>
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We will pay you $10 for each hour-long session.<br>
To learn more about the study and to enroll, please call<br>
Pamela Jeter at 410-502-6434,<br>
or e-mail us at
<a href="mailto:plovr@lions.med.jhu.edu">plovr@lions.med.jhu.edu</a><br>
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<b>JHM-IRB protocol # NA_00043449</b> – <b>Gislin Dagnelie, Ph.D. –
Principal Investigator<br><br>
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<dd>-- <br>
<dd>Pamela E. Jeter, PhD<br>
<dd>Postdoctoral Fellow<br>
<dd>Low Vision Division<br>
<dd>Lions Vision Research and Rehabilitation Center<br>
<dd>Wilmer Eye Institute<br>
<dd>Johns Hopkins University<br>
<dd><a href="mailto:pjeter1@jhmi.edu">p</a>
<a href="mailto:amela.jeter@gmail.com">amela.jeter@gmail.com</a><br>
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-- <br>
Pamela E. Jeter, PhD<br>
Postdoctoral Fellow<br>
Low Vision Division<br>
Lions Vision Research and Rehabilitation Center<br>
Wilmer Eye Institute<br>
Johns Hopkins University<br>
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