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Southern Eye Specialists provide regular Insights and Updates for our readers. These newsletters are valuable resources for New Zealand’s optometrists and GPs.
The beauty of birds
The screens in our waiting rooms are providing patients with some wonderful insight into the lives of our feathered friends thanks to the skill of one particularly talented team member.
4S Video – A.I. in opthamology – Dr Rebecca Stack
Dr Rebecca Stack presents a seminar on how A.I will continue to revolutionise ophthalmology.
Game, Sight and Match
An athlete relies on clear visual information to ensure they have the quick reflexes needed for competing at elite levels. So what happens when this visual information is damaged or impaired?
New technology brings relief for dry eye
Near the end of 2019 we launched an exciting new service to Christchurch – IPL technology that delivers fast, effective relief to dry eye and other eye conditions.
Spin Doctors
That dizzy and sometime queasy feeling you’ll have when looking at optical illusions is not just a human experience – it’s experienced by all types of animals too. A recent study at Yale has discovered that even fruit flies can experience the same sensation.
Stepping up to the Challenge
After pushing their limits across 30 kilometres of a rugged North Canterbury landscape our SES team arrived at the finish line.
Sight and Sound
While Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles are well known examples of vision-impaired musicians there are many others who have also taken to the spotlight despite the challenges of their eye conditions.
Peekaboo! But do they see you?
A baby’s vision is tested in a few different ways, with one of the main processes checking for preferential looking: how an infant reacts to two different stimuli.
Introducing the innovative iStent
At Southern Eye Specialists we now offer the revolutionary iStent technology – an extremely small implant procedure that can take place during cataract surgery to help reduce glaucoma conditions.