Best of both worlds: Knox’s cochlear implant journey
90 per cent of deaf children are born into hearing families. One-year-old Knox Duhau was diagnosed with profound…
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Patient Stories
10 years of healthy ears
April 2022 marks 10 years of the partnership between Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS) and The Royal Victorian…
Lasting legacy
Eye and Ear patient Thi Rang grew up in Saigon during the Vietnam war, and as an only…
Hereditary eye condition doesn’t stop father-son duo
The Steeds are an extraordinary family. Donna and David have four children, Jasper (17), Shelby (15) and twin…
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Discovery of gene saves sight for generations to come
It was a ticking time bomb…Erika could have woken one day and been completely blind.” Those are words…
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FED trial reduces the need for a corneal transplant
A new treatment being investigated for the hereditary eye condition Fuch’s Endothelial Dystrophy (FED) is improving patients’ vision…
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Second-generation bionic eye trial improves navigation at home
In 2012, led by the Centre for Eye Research Australia, the Bionics Institute, The University of Melbourne, the…
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12 years on: Venice’s cochlear implant journey
At 9 months old, Venice received her first cochlear implant. 12 years on, Venice has just started high…
How the cochlear implant changed Laurie’s life
Laurie is one of our cochlear implant patients here at the Eye and Ear. Like many of our…
Ballarat’s Benefits: a Victorian Cochlear Implant Program expands services regionally
As part of our commitment to creating better specialist care access for patients across Victoria, and to support…
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