New technology is helping visually impaired pianist see his sheet music and audience

Fournier was diagnosed with a severe visual impairment when he was 3. “It’s the optic nerve that’s wrong. The eyes themselves, that can be replaced, but the optic nerve was never developed properly,” he said. For years, he used a pair of glasses that included a telescoping lens to help him read his modified sheet music, but that was of limited use. But new technology is offering Fournier “a whole new way of seeing.” The device is on permanent loan from the Commission for the Blind, he received the eSight device in June. Read more >>