The Economic Toll of Sleep Disorders
Mass Eye and Ear researchers have found that sleep disorders like sleep apnea can significantly impact the wages and overall health care costs of individuals ...
Archive for Research Findings
Rethinking the Therapeutic Approach for Disorders Like Tinnitus
Neuroscientist Daniel Polley, PhD, offers a unique perspective on ways scientists could approach therapies for untreatable sensory disorders like tinnitus or hyperacusis. Neuroscience research is in ...
Using Artificial Intelligence to Personalize Glaucoma Care
Mass Eye and Ear glaucoma specialist Nazlee Zebardast, MD, MSc is harnessing the power of big data and artificial intelligence (AI) in an effort to ...
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 ...
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 ...
Editing Usher Syndrome
September 18 is Usher Syndrome Awareness Day. To bring attention to the debilitating condition that renders patients blind and deaf, Mass Eye and Ear researchers ...
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 ...
Noise Damage and Hidden Hearing Loss
New research on human ear samples shows that loud noise exposure causes a tough-to-detect, yet common, form of damage called hidden hearing loss. New research from ...
Can An Experimental Eye Disease Drug Treat COVID-19 Associated Lung Problems?
Leo A. Kim, MD, PhD, and his team put his unique hypothesis to the test with a boost from philanthropic support. Now, they may be ...
Celebrating Bold Science, Life-Changing Cures and its Enduring Impact at Mass Eye and Ear
This fall, hundreds of patients and friends gathered virtually for the 11th Annual Sense-ation! Gala to celebrate the successful conclusion of Mass Eye and Ear’s ...
Studies Identify New Predictors of Vestibular Schwannoma Patient Outcomes
Two new studies may shed light on how patients with vestibular schwannoma (also known as acoustic neuroma), a type of intracranial tumor, may fare with ...
Researching a Medication to Treat Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Preliminary findings from Konstantina M. Stankovic, MD, PhD, director of the Division of Otology and Neurotology at Mass Eye and Ear, and Albert Edge, PhD, ...
