Lightboxes and blindness

[kestrell]

I started wondering about this last winter and could find no information whatsoever, so I'm posting to LJ/DW in hopes of mining the group intelligence. Considering the lack of info, *knowledgeable* guesses are welcome.

Can lightboxes benefit blind people? Specifically, someone like me, with prosthetic eyes and thus zero light perception?

I realize that the emphasis is always on light being perceived through the eyes but, as light is also absorbed through the skin, I am wondering if this could also have a beneficial effect. Is this idea absolutely ridiculous, or is it just that no one has bothered doing a study with blind people? Should I just go ahead and conduct my own experiment? (Okay, I'm pretty certain that the mad scientists are all for doing my own experiments.)

Comments

[kestrell]

Thanks! This gives me a couple more research leads to follow up on. Plus, it gives me an excuse to go listen to Bill Nye for awhile.

[capri0mni]

ha ha. You need an excuse to listen to Bill Nye??

[kestrell]

It's more a matter of, I occasionally need a gentle reminder that there are educational things on the Internet.