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LASIK Surgery for Nearsightedness: Your Questions, Answered
“LASIK is a good treatment for nearsightedness, with a success rate of 99% achieving 20/40 vision, over 90% achieving 20/20 vision, and 96% satisfi...
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LASIK and Amblyopia (Lazy Eye): what You Should Know
'LASIK eye surgery can only improve vision but it cannot alter the brain's incapacity to see,' says Dr. Alan B. 'Generally, patients with significa...
Read moreDoes Nearsightedness Get Better with Age?
Myopia can also get temporarily worse due to changes on the surface of your cornea. Your eye doctor may suggest glasses, contact lenses, or laser s...
Read moreLASIK and Presbyopia: what You Should Know
Presbyopia can be corrected through treatments including reading glasses, bifocals or contact lenses and even surgery. There is even future potenti...
Read moreCochlear Implant: 3 Types of Hearing Loss This Solution May Treat
A cochlear implant is a surgically inserted hearing device for the deaf or very hard of hearing. Cochlear implants can take some work to adjust to,...
Read morePossible Causes of Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Illness — “Viruses can cause hearing loss,” Kohan says. “Usually we associate infections with conductive losses from fluid in the ear but you can a...
Read moreMost Common Causes of Hearing Loss
The two together might make your hearing worse than it would be with only one problem.”.
Read moreLatest Treatments and Innovations for Hearing Loss
Assistive listening devices (ALDs) are sometimes paired with hearing aids and cochlear devices to further improve hearing. Amplification devices su...
Read moreJobs that May Increase Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Risk
“Noise-induced hearing loss may occur with sound over 85 decibels, only about 20 decibels louder than conversing in a noisy restaurant,” Dyson says...
Read moreHow Much Hearing Loss is Considered Deaf?
A deaf person can only hear sounds at 81 dB (traffic) to 100 dB (industrial noise), explains Avner Aliphas, MD, an otolaryngologist in Newton, MA. ...
Read moreHow Do I Know If I'm Losing My Hearing?
Just because you need people to repeat themselves lately doesn’t necessarily mean you are losing your hearing.
Read morePossible Hearing Loss Causes You Probably Didn't Know
Excess buildup of wax and shedded skin cells in the ear canal can act like an earplug, with mild to severe impact on your hearing until it is clear...
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