Is Sudden Hearing Loss an Emergency?
When someone suddenly loses his or her hearing, it’s hard to know what to do or when to get help. Ear specialist Steven Rauch, MD ...
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Navigating COVID-19 with Hearing Loss
An expert offers tips for technology and every day advice that might help people with hearing loss when having to distance for COVID-19. Watch a ...
Should You See an Optometrist or Ophthalmologist?
Whether you’re scheduling a routine eye exam or having problems with your vision, choosing an eye doctor is an important decision. Sheila Borboli-Gerogiannis, MD, and ...
Can a Concussion Affect Vision?
With football and hockey seasons both in full swing, the conversation around concussions has risen up again. We know concussions can affect a person’s cognitive ...
3 Types of Hearing Apps Audiology Experts Recommend
In a previous post, the Audiology department at Mass. Eye and Ear introduced Focus to a few online tools to help people measure their hearing ...
6 Ways to Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea is a common, yet serious, condition that often requires treatment. Mass. Eye and Ear sleep specialist Dr. Phillip Huyett walks Focus through ...
Spooky Eye Superstitions and the Science Behind Them
It’s that time of the year again when everywhere you turn you catch a glance of a witch or a toothy jack-o-lantern. Focus sat down ...
4 Ways to Prepare for Your Child’s Surgery
Child life specialists at Mass. Eye and Ear offer advice on how to reduce anxiety around your child’s surgery. Pediatric surgery can be anxiety-producing for ...
What You Should Know When Choosing Sunscreen
From an early age, we have been taught to apply sunscreen when spending time outdoors, but does the sun protection factor (SPF) on the bottle ...
Swimmer’s Ear – Not Just For Swimmers
Swimmer’s ear may be a common summer diagnosis, but many people do not know what it truly entails. Focus sat down with ear surgeon Dr. ...
Scarless Thyroid Surgery
Surgeons at Mass. Eye and Ear offer minimally invasive thyroidectomy surgeries that result in no postoperative scars. The adverse effects of a neck scar, a de ...
4 Questions with a Cross-Linking Expert
Corneal cross-linking, a minimally invasive, in-office procedure, is the only treatment that can slow or stop the progression of keratoconus—an eye disorder that was once thought ...
