<p>A six-year-old Chinese boy who had his eyes gouged out by a woman believed to be his aunt may one day see again after a Hong Kong hospital offered him "electronic eyes".<br /><br /></p>.<p>Hong Kong-based eye expert Dennis Lam said his team would provide the treatment for free to Guo Bin -- known as Bin-Bin -- who was found covered in blood near his home in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi last month after the horrific attack.<br /><br />Lam told AFP that future technology could restore up to 40 per cent of the boy's lost vision.<br /><br />"When I heard about it. I was really angry, very upset. I was asking myself if I can help," Lam told AFP.<br /><br />"Being an eye doctor, our greatest sort of encouragement is when the patients see again," he said.<br /><br />Lam said that he is still waiting for consent from the child's parents to bring him to his eye hospital in Shenzhen in southern China, where he can be given a pair of false eyes as soon as next week.<br /><br />Cameras in the prosthetic eyes would relay a signal, based on the shape of objects, to an electric pulse generator connected to his tongue helping him to recognise shapes, Lam said.<br /><br />He added that the technology is already being used in Japan and Europe.<br /><br />The final goal is to give the boy bionic eyes linked directly to the brain which will help him partially regain his sight, Lam said, a treatment which is still being developed.<br /><br />"In the high end it (his sight)could be 20 to 40 per cent when we talk about ten years down the road. It's a wild guess. The ultimate goal is the help him to see again."<br /><br />Hong Kong's Cable TV said the boy's parents were considering the offer. The little boy went missing after playing outside and his eyes were found nearby.<br /><br />Authorities have now made his aunt, who committed suicide on Friday, their prime suspect, state news agency Xinhua said, quoting local police.</p>
<p>A six-year-old Chinese boy who had his eyes gouged out by a woman believed to be his aunt may one day see again after a Hong Kong hospital offered him "electronic eyes".<br /><br /></p>.<p>Hong Kong-based eye expert Dennis Lam said his team would provide the treatment for free to Guo Bin -- known as Bin-Bin -- who was found covered in blood near his home in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi last month after the horrific attack.<br /><br />Lam told AFP that future technology could restore up to 40 per cent of the boy's lost vision.<br /><br />"When I heard about it. I was really angry, very upset. I was asking myself if I can help," Lam told AFP.<br /><br />"Being an eye doctor, our greatest sort of encouragement is when the patients see again," he said.<br /><br />Lam said that he is still waiting for consent from the child's parents to bring him to his eye hospital in Shenzhen in southern China, where he can be given a pair of false eyes as soon as next week.<br /><br />Cameras in the prosthetic eyes would relay a signal, based on the shape of objects, to an electric pulse generator connected to his tongue helping him to recognise shapes, Lam said.<br /><br />He added that the technology is already being used in Japan and Europe.<br /><br />The final goal is to give the boy bionic eyes linked directly to the brain which will help him partially regain his sight, Lam said, a treatment which is still being developed.<br /><br />"In the high end it (his sight)could be 20 to 40 per cent when we talk about ten years down the road. It's a wild guess. The ultimate goal is the help him to see again."<br /><br />Hong Kong's Cable TV said the boy's parents were considering the offer. The little boy went missing after playing outside and his eyes were found nearby.<br /><br />Authorities have now made his aunt, who committed suicide on Friday, their prime suspect, state news agency Xinhua said, quoting local police.</p>