Word: suma
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...Even though S.R.D.'s visual acuity topped out at 20/200--considered legally blind in the U.S.--her brain had, in defiance of theory, learned to interpret visual information. One year after surgery, she could recognize her family's faces and identify objects. And that's a very big deal. Dr. Suma Ganesh, a pediatric ophthalmologist at the Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital in Old Delhi, India, used to believe that operating on blind children past the critical period was hopeless. But Project Prakash showed her that just isn't the case. "Even if a blind kid, after an operation, manages...