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 ...
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Q+A with Dr. Roy Xiao, CORE Grant Recipient
In the past decade, 16 residents from the Mass Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) Combined Residency Program have been awarded ...
Which Cataract Lens is Right for Me?
Patients who need cataract surgery can choose from several types of intraocular lenses. Focus asked Nandini Venkateswaran, MD, a member of the Cornea and Refractive ...
Hyperbaric Healing
Bob Cancalosi, a former General Electric executive who underwent treatment for a rare form of head and neck cancer, recently returned to Mass Eye and ...
Low Vision Patient’s Journey to Vision Rehabilitation Researcher
A graduate of the Employment Now Initiative, formerly Project SEARCH, a professional job and life skills program for visually impaired adults, shares her experience and ...
What Your Eyes Tell Doctors About Overall Health
Retina specialist Nimesh Patel, MD, explains the how certain eye symptoms might provide clues to what is happening in other systems and organs in the ...
Experts Push for Legislation to Save More Babies’ Hearing
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading non-genetic cause of hearing loss in children. For June’s National CMV Awareness Month, Focus spoke with Michael Cohen, MD, and ...
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 ...
Immunotherapy: The Next Frontier of Skin Cancer Treatment
The future of skin cancer treatment has never been brighter. Kevin S. Emerick, MD, co-director of the Multidisciplinary Cutaneous Oncology Center at Mass Eye and ...
Vision Rehabilitation: Maximizing Sight and Improving Quality of Life
Low vision affects nearly 14 million Americans and can result from disease or injury to the eye or brain. Focus spoke with optometrist and low ...
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 ...
Superhero Stickers and Keeping Parents at Ease: Pediatric Nurse Explains His Approach to Care
For National Nurse’s Week 2021, which takes place May 6-12, we are proud to highlight some of our amazing nurses at Mass Eye and Ear. ...
