Patient Stories Archives – The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

A study by The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital has revealed which sports are most dangerous when…

Diabetic retinopathy affects 1 in 3 diabetic patients and if left untreated, can cause blindness. In Australia, over…

June 17, 2022 | Patient Stories

Holding your ten-month old as she is put under anaesthetic, it’s pretty daunting. It was scary.” Those are…

For over 20 years John Iacobucci, 73, has been making a very unique donation to the Eye and…

90 per cent of deaf children are born into hearing families. One-year-old Knox Duhau was diagnosed with profound…

April 2022 marks 10 years of the partnership between Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS) and The Royal Victorian…

Eye and Ear patient Thi Rang grew up in Saigon during the Vietnam war, and as an only…

The Steeds are an extraordinary family. Donna and David have four children, Jasper (17), Shelby (15) and twin…

It was a ticking time bomb…Erika could have woken one day and been completely blind.” Those are words…

A new treatment being investigated for the hereditary eye condition Fuch’s Endothelial Dystrophy (FED) is improving patients’ vision…

In 2012, led by the Centre for Eye Research Australia, the Bionics Institute, The University of Melbourne, the…

February 28, 2022 | Patient Stories

At 9 months old, Venice received her first cochlear implant. 12 years on, Venice has just started high…