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Fine, I. (2007). The Effects of Visual Deprivation: Implications for Sensory Prostheses. In: Humayun, M.S., Weiland, J.D., Chader, G., Greenbaum, E. (eds) Artificial Sight. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49331-2_3

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