CBS Defined

A vision-impaired
person of sound mind experiences
phantom images (visions) in
their visual field.

 
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"No-one told me I may end up seeing things that aren't really there."

"How can that butterfly be so vivid when I can't even see my daughter's face?"

"I'm legally blind so why am I seeing animals in stunning detail?"

"I didn’t know what was happening to me. Was this the start of dementia?"

"This weird figure appears almost daily but I know it is not real."

Listen to an ABC radio feature on CBS under 'Support', then 'Podcasts'

Listen to an ABC radio feature on CBS under 'Support', then 'Podcasts'

"The squares start at the floorboards and rise like blue lanterns."

Seeing when you're blind

The Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) has just broadcast a segment devoted to CBS. Featuring on Radio National's All in the Mind program, it is now available to listen to on podcast.

Hear the personal stories of three vision-impaired Australians plus insights into the syndrome from Associate Professor, Chris Plummer, a neurologist at St. Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne.

In promoting the story, the All in the Mind program states:

"Charles Bonnet Syndrome is sometimes called the 'plaything of the brain' for the blind and visually impaired. The syndrome isn't associated with mental illness or dementia, yet people with it are able to 'see' things - like little wriggling children in pink and white pyjamas, or a goat riding on a bike through their lounge room." 

 

To listen to the program, click on the link below.

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/seeing-when-youre-blind/12503398

 

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