Research stories
We are proud to work with so many skilled clinical professionals and researchers across eye and ENT specialties.
Click below to read about some of our key research success stories.
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Teen benefits from new procedure
November 22, 2017Keratoconus is condition that thins the central zone of the cornea, the eye’s window. Patients often wear glasses to correct vision but on progression, hard contact lenses and eventually corneal transplant may be required. Corneal collagen...
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eyeConnect keeping patients close to home
November 10, 2017Leona Edwards was enjoying gardening when something flicked up in her eye. Thanks to the world first eyeConnect device, she received the care she needed at her local hospital and was saved the stress of unnecessary travel. Leona lives in Hastings, over an...
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Honour for top Eye and Ear ophthalmologist
November 7, 2017Associate Professor Alan McNab is only the fourth Australian in over 100 years to be invited to give the Robert Doyne Memorial Lecture at the prestigious Oxford Ophthalmological Congress. This year, his research takes centre stage in his Doyne lecture...
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Research helps patients of all ages
November 1, 2017Daphne Williams, 81, received a cochlear implant at the Eye and Ear last year and says it’s a ‘whole new life’ now, with radically improved hearing and social life. Current research is looking into ways to better predict the outcomes of...