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Blindness
Vision
Farsightedness
Nearsightedness
Sense Organs
audiobooks
Braille
causes of blindness
color blindness
echolocation for the blind
education of vision-impaired students
folklore, legend, and myth
heightened sense of touch
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legal blindness, defined
night blindness
organizations and services
perceptions after vision is restored
pictures
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Seeing Eye dogs
treatment
Nearsightedness
Nearsightedness, also called myopia, common name for impaired vision in which a person sees near objects clearly while distant objects appear blurred.
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