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Binocular Rivalry Reveals a Potential Diagnostic Marker for Lazy Eye
August 27th, 2026
A recent Smith-Kettlewell study illustrates how binocular rivalry can inform lazy-eye diagnoses, with the potential to diagnose earlier and faster.
Smith-Kettlewell Raises Funds for Foundation Fighting Blindness at VisionWalk 2026
August 27th, 2026
This Summer, Smith-Kettlewell researchers and participants of the Blind & Low Vision Support group raised money and helped spread awareness of support programs for their community in San Francisco.
Testing Digital Map Accessibility for Blind and Low-Vision Users
August 13th, 2026
Brandon Biggs and colleagues built a systematic way to test whether a non-visual map conveys the same information as a visual one, and found that common text-based alternatives fall short.
Vision Science Up Close: Summer Springboard Students Spend a Day at Smith-Kettlewell
August 11th, 2026
Students from the UC Berkeley Summer Springboard spend a day at Smith-Kettlewell learning about vision science, accessibility tech, and neuroscience with SKI Research staff.
Remembering Manfred MacKeben, Ph.D.
July 30th, 2026
Smith-Kettlewell remembers the life and legacy of Manfred Mackeben, Ph.D., a longtime SK vision scientist and a leading figure in low-vision research.
Seeing sound: What the eye sees when it views a sound wave
July 30th, 2026
Smith-Kettlewell’s Christopher Tyler and colleagues rendered a sound wave as moving dots and asked what people actually see. The answer: not one travelling wave, but crests moving forward and troughs moving backward — a split the brain builds for itself.
A Faster, More Reliable Way to Measure Visual Perception: New Smith-Kettlewell Study
July 16th, 2026
Smith-Kettlewell benchmarked the methods for measuring visual perception and found two — including one they built — that are faster, more accurate, and more reliable.
Smith-Kettlewell Study Links Cumulative Noise Exposure to Hearing Loss
July 13th, 2026
A Smith-Kettlewell study of 54 adults found that the noise we accumulate over a lifetime, even at everyday “safe” levels, is independently linked to poorer hearing, regardless of age. Researchers point to a simple questionnaire that could flag the risk years earlier.
YouDescribe Launches Two New Describer Interfaces for GAAD 2026
May 21st, 2026
YouDescribe, the volunteer-driven audio description platform for YouTube, today released a major upgrade timed to Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2026. The release introduces two new describer interfaces that give volunteers more ways to create high-quality audio descriptions for blind and low vision (BLV) audiences.
