| Title |
Transient Smartphone “Blindness”
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
New England Journal of Medicine, June 2016
|
| DOI | 10.1056/nejmc1514294 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ali Alim-Marvasti, Wei Bi, Omar A Mahroo, John L Barbur, Gordon T Plant |
| Abstract |
Two patients presented with loss of vision after viewing a smartphone screen in bed in the dark. The cause appeared to be differential bleaching of photopigment, with one eye becoming light-adapted while the other eye (blocked by a pillow) became dark-adapted. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 107 | 20% |
| Saudi Arabia | 42 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 32 | 6% |
| Spain | 30 | 6% |
| Canada | 18 | 3% |
| Mexico | 10 | 2% |
| India | 9 | 2% |
| France | 7 | 1% |
| Australia | 6 | 1% |
| Other | 71 | 13% |
| Unknown | 203 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 394 | 74% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 80 | 15% |
| Scientists | 51 | 10% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 10 | 2% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 49 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 6 | 12% |
| Researcher | 5 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 10 | 20% |
| Unknown | 16 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 27% |
| Psychology | 3 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 6% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 20 | 39% |
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