Posts Tagged Glasses

  • Option for Less Dependence on Glasses Option for Less Dependence on Glasses

    By Richard Phinney, M.D. Eye Surgeons Associates The most well known procedure to eliminate or reduce dependence on glasses or contacts today is LASIK. By using laser energy to reshape the front surface of the eye (the cornea) nearsightedness, and some farsightedness and astigmatism, can be cor...

  • Your Advocacy Connection - Offering Comprehensive Care and Financial Advocacy Your Advocacy Connection – Offering Comprehensive Care and Financial Advocacy

    By Diana Spranger, R.N. Administrator Bettendorf Health Care In the past six months, my role in the long-term care setting has changed dramatically. For nearly 30 years, I worked in the health- care industry as an Administrator, and then I retired. I now work part-time and find myself as a vis...

  • Ask the Audiologist - Can I Wear Only One Hearing Aid? Ask the Audiologist – Can I Wear Only One Hearing Aid?

    By Janet Liddicoat, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. Can I Wear Only One Hearing Aid? When it comes to the question of whether or not you can wear only one hearing aid, ask yourself this question. Would you only get one lens for your pair of glasses if you had vision loss in both eye...

  • Eliminating or Reducing Your Dependence on Glasses Eliminating or Reducing Your Dependence on Glasses

    By Lisa Brothers Arbisser, M.D. Eye Surgeons Associates Cataract surgery has reached such a height of perfection and safety that we are now able to offer its benefits to patients who just want to decrease their dependence on glasses. In addition to LASIK, which alters the shape of the cornea, t...

  • Ask the Audiologist Ask the Audiologist

    By Laura Kauth, M. A., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. Why should I get 2 hearing aids vs 1? If you have similar levels of hearing loss in both ears, your audiologist will most likely recommend hearing aids in both ears (binaural), for much the same reason as a person with vision prob...