When to Visit the Mass Eye and Ear Emergency Department
Did you know Mass Eye and Ear has an emergency department available 24/7 for any eye, ear, nose and throat (ENT) emergencies? Focus spoke with ...
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New Mass Eye and Ear Program Offers Tinnitus Management Skills
The Tinnitus Management Program at Mass Eye and Ear aims to help people live with the debilitating effects of tinnitus. Tinnitus is one of the most ...
Reading Glasses in a Bottle?
Patients are buzzing about a new eye drop, Vuity, that aims to help people who have trouble seeing close-up objects clearly. Focus spoke with vision ...
Baby Luna’s First Sounds
At six months old, Luna James Pray was the youngest child to undergo bilateral cochlear implants at Mass Eye and Ear after being born with ...
Next Stop on the App Store: Artificial Intelligence Mobile App Helps People With Low Vision Find Bus Stops
All Aboard, an app developed by Gang Luo, PhD and his team, uses artificial intelligence to help people who are blind access public transportation. Think of ...
Keeping Your Family Safe from Eye Injuries this Holiday Season
Don’t ruin your holiday season with an eye injury. Mass Eye and Ear trauma expert Margot Weinert, MD, offers advice on ways to stay safe. The ...
CRISPR Gene Therapy Update: Seeing a Sunset
In May, patient Michael Kalberer wrote about why he joined a revolutionary clinical trial where he was only the second person in the world to ...
Garlic Up the Nose Won’t Help Your Decongestion. Here’s What Will
Thanks to the rise of TikTok, a social media app, there has also been a rise in risky medical advice from internet “doctors.” The latest ...
A Tiny Tumor; One Huge Problem
Few people know their body as well as Betty Doyling, a personal trainer from Warwick, Bermuda. That said, a pituitary tumor was the last thing ...
Experts Hopeful New Discovery May Lead to Pathway for Hearing Loss Reversal
A study led by investigators in the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories (EPL) demonstrates an improved way of studying hair cell regeneration in the inner ear, moving scientists ...
Harvard’s Eardrum-Restoring PhonoGraft Enters Commercial Development
3D-printed graft developed by researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute, Harvard SEAS, and Mass Eye and Ear to be commercialized by Desktop Health, following the startup’s ...
Hearing Devices Find a Friend
The Pediatric Hearing Loss Mentorship Program at Mass Eye and Ear uses peer mentorship to help children with hearing loss reduce the stigma that’s often ...
