North Easton, MA
(508) 238-8460

North Easton, Massachusetts, since 1981

Your eye doctor should already know you.

We have been on Depot Street since 1981, in the same building, under the same sign. Come in and you will be seen by people who remember what your eyes did last year, and the year before that.

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The short version

One office. One team. Four decades on the same street.

There is no branch, no rotation, and no call centre. When you telephone South Shore Eye, the phone rings in the room where the exams happen.

Opened on Depot Street, and never moved

1981

Opened on Depot Street, and never moved

Saturday mornings, which almost nobody local offers

Sat 9 to 2

Saturday mornings, which almost nobody local offers

Families come from across the South Shore

8 towns

Families come from across the South Shore

A complete pair with scratch resistant and anti reflective lenses

$79 to $99

A complete pair with scratch resistant and anti reflective lenses

The hand painted South Shore Eye Associates sign above the shop window on Depot Street

670 Depot Street

The same door since 1981.

Red clapboard, white trim, and a sign somebody painted by hand. It is not a flagship and it was never meant to be. It is the practice a few thousand South Shore families have driven past, and then into, for forty odd years.

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What we do

Four things, done slowly.

We are not trying to be a superstore. These are the four things an independent practice can do better than a chain, so they are the four things we do.

Eye Exams

Forty five to sixty minutes, because that is how long it takes to do properly.

A comprehensive exam settles your prescription, then keeps going. We look at the front and back of the eye, check pressure and the optic nerve, and screen for glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic changes and cataracts. Some of what shows up in an eye exam is not about your eyes at all. Blood vessels in the retina can carry the first sign of blood pressure or cholesterol trouble.

Dilation is sometimes needed. If it is, we tell you in advance so you can plan around a few light sensitive hours.

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Eyeglasses

Fitted by the people who just examined your eyes, not by a stranger at a counter.

The optical dispensary is in the same room as the exam. That means the person helping you choose frames already knows your prescription, and knows if it rules out the pair you just fell for. We measure the things that actually decide whether glasses work: pupillary distance, segment height, how the frame sits on your face.

Adjustments are free for as long as you are our patient. Bring them in whenever they slip.

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Contact Lenses

A contact lens prescription is not your glasses prescription with a different label.

Contacts need measurements glasses never ask for, base curve and diameter, because the lens has to sit correctly on the eye rather than in front of it. We fit daily disposables, monthlies, toric lenses for astigmatism, multifocals, and specialty rigid and scleral lenses for irregular corneas. First time wearers get as long as they need to learn insertion and removal.

If another practice has told you contacts are not an option for you, it is worth one conversation before you accept that.

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Pediatric Eye Care

Children do not report blurry vision. It is simply how the world looks to them.

A first exam is recommended between six and twelve months, when we are checking alignment and early visual development rather than reading a chart. After that, annual exams through the school years. We are watching for amblyopia, strabismus, and the eye teaming problems a school screening is not built to catch, because a screening only tests distance clarity.

We go at the child's pace. The nervous ones are the whole reason we do not run a fifteen minute appointment.

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Why continuity is the whole point

Some things only show up as a change.

A single eye exam gives you a snapshot. It tells you what your eyes are doing today and very little about what they were doing before. Most of the conditions worth catching early do not announce themselves. Glaucoma has no pain and no early symptoms. Diabetic retinopathy does its damage quietly. By the time you notice a difference in your sight, the useful window has often closed.

What an independent practice has, and a rotating provider cannot, is the last visit. And the one before that. When the same people look at the same eyes year after year, a small change stops being a reading and starts being a trend.

Your first visit

Nothing about this needs to be stressful.

  1. Before you come

    Call and we will check your cover.

    Ring (508) 238-8460 and tell us your plan. We will find out what it actually covers and tell you before your visit, not at the till afterwards. Bring your current glasses or contacts and your insurance card. That is the whole list.

  2. On the day

    Expect the better part of an hour.

    We go through your history, settle your prescription, then examine the health of the eye itself. You will be asked questions and there will be room for yours. If you need dilating we will have warned you already.

  3. Before you leave

    You get told what we found.

    In plain words, not a printout you decode in the car. If you need glasses or contacts, the optical is right there and the fitting happens with people who have your exam in front of them.

Two patients, in their own words.

I was not previously a customer or patient of this practice and found myself with broken glasses the night before I was leaving the country for a week and a half. Despite their policy to not work on eyewear that wasn't purchased there, they told me to come by and repaired my glasses in 5 minutes flat and didn't even charge me for the replacement nose pad and parts. Really exemplary community-oriented service, I know where I'm going when I next need lenses and frames.
Kyle Fossumvia Google
This place feels like home and we always get treated like we are family! I appreciate the consistency and knowledge all the staff members have! Insurance is always handled and they know their business inside and out!
Danielle Cardonavia Google

Before you call

Questions people actually ask.

Plan on 45 to 60 minutes. That covers your history, your prescription, and a look at the health of your eyes, with time left over for your questions. We would rather run the full hour than send you out with a prescription and no explanation.

We accept major vision insurance plans, and some medical eye exams may fall under your health insurance instead. Coverage varies a lot between plans, so call us at (508) 238-8460 before your visit and we will check your specific benefits and tell you straight what is covered.

Yes. Saturday mornings from 9 to 2. We are closed Mondays and Sundays, open Tuesday and Thursday until 6, and Wednesday and Friday until 5.

A first exam is recommended somewhere between 6 and 12 months. At that age we are checking eye alignment, pupil response and early visual development rather than asking a baby to read a chart. We see children of every age after that, and we take our time with the nervous ones.

Usually, yes. The optical dispensary is in the same office, so the people helping you choose and fit frames are the people who already know your prescription and your exam results.

No. If your glasses need adjusting, this year or any year you are our patient, bring them in and we will sort them out at no charge.

Very often, yes. Toric lenses have improved a great deal, and most of the difficulty comes down to fitting them properly rather than to the astigmatism itself. If somewhere else has told you contacts are not an option, it is worth a conversation.

Your current glasses or contacts and your insurance card. That is it. If dilation is likely we will tell you in advance, since your eyes will be light sensitive for a few hours afterwards.

Tue to Fri from 10am, Sat 9am to 2pm

Come and see the same people next year, and the year after.

We are taking new patients, and the whole family is welcome. Call the office and a person picks up. If it is easier, send the form and we will come back to you, usually the same day or the next one we are open.

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