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Ophthalmology: What other specialties should know

By The DO Staff

01.05.23

If you could only keep one of your five senses, which one would it be? Sight, smell, touch, taste or hearing? According to a JAMA study of 250 participants, 88% reported that sight is their most important sense. There are estimated to be at least 2.2 billion people globally who have vision impairment. Almost half of those people suffer from a preventable condition.