Recognition after COVID-19 Recovery
In April, Mass. Eye and Ear transformed the 10th floor inpatient unit into an acute medical unit to care for COVID-19-positive patients who were transferred ...
Archive for Patient Stories
Family Gives Back and Raises Awareness for HPV After Child Regains Voice
After Benjamin Peikin came to Mass. Eye and Ear for treatment for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis and was able to gain his speaking voice, his family ...
Fighting to Compete On and Off the Ice
After battling tongue cancer, Mass. Eye and Ear patient Jessica Dupuis shared her journey to getting back on the ice at our 10th Annual Sense-ation! ...
The Top 3 Options for Laser Vision Correction
There are many reasons people decide to have laser eye surgery, from convenience to career. How do you know whether it’s right for you? Laser ...
What I’ve Learned After Nine Operations and 66 Rounds of Radiation for Head and Neck Cancer
Bob Cancalosi, shared his story at the 18th annual Founders’ Day luncheon, an annual event to celebrate Mass. Eye and Ear’s mission of providing excellent ...
Making His Voice Heard
A Mass. Eye and Ear patient credits the Voice and Speech Lab and Thyroid and Parathyroid Division for giving him his voice back (and keeping ...
Discovering a Calling
Kirsten Karis now works alongside the nurses at Mass. Eye and Ear who treated her father and inspired her to become a nurse. Kirsten Karis ...
A Life of Joy and Gratitude after a Cancer Diagnosis
Twenty-five years ago, Patti Murphy received a terrifying cancer diagnosis and faced an uncertain future. In this guest post on Focus, and in honor of ...
Saving Nicholas’ Eye
A horrific eye injury leads a young patient to the Mass. Eye and Ear Eye Trauma Service. It’s an eye injury that no one wants to ...
Setting Sights on Making a Splash
A young Mass. Eye and Ear patient swims competitively throughout her journey with a rare eye cancer, ocular melanoma.
Hearing Again
Madeline, a young patient at Mass. Eye and Ear, developed hearing loss after breaking tiny bones in her ear in a car accident. Dr. Michael Cohen was able to reconstruct her ear and give Madeline the sense of hearing back.
Designing a Sound Future for Percy
Meghan and Sean, from Portland, Maine, designed clothing and learning tools to help their son, Percy, adapt to life with cochlear implants. Now they've launched Coamplify to share their ideas with other kids and families.
