Screen Time and Children
Screen time is the amount of time a person spends staring at digital displays including computers, tablets, smartphones, and TVs. In our modern and technology-focused world children are spending time on digital displays for educational and recreational purposes....
Prescription, Polarized, and Performance Sunglasses
Sunglasses help protect your eyes from the harmful UV rays from the sun. The most important feature to look for in sunglasses is blocking 100% of UVA and UVB rays. However, there are many other features of sunglasses you can select to meet the needs of your lifestyle....
Flashes, Floaters, and Spots: What’s in my Vision?
Have you noticed tiny shadows cast upon objects you are looking at? Do you see small spots in your vision when looking at a clear or overcast sky? You may be seeing floaters and spots in your field of vision. What is the spot in my vision? It is completely normal to...
Eye Color & Genetics
Ever wonder why your eyes are blue, green, brown, or somewhere in between? The colored part of your eye, the Iris, contains pigmentation which determines our eye color. Your parents pass on chromosomes which combine to customize your eye color. How eye color develops...
Common Eyelid Bumps
Eyes are one of the most sensitive areas of the body and we tend to notice any pain related to our eyes relatively quickly. Here are a few common eye conditions and symptoms causing eyelid bumps. Have more questions? Give our office a call! I have a red bump near the...
Glaucoma: The Silent Thief of Sight
Did you know, nearly 2.2 million people in the United States are affected by glaucoma?* Due to the lack of symptoms in the early stages of glaucoma, almost half of Americans with glaucoma do not know they have it; causing glaucoma to be the second leading cause of...
The Importance of Sports Eyewear
Whether you’re playing or watching the game, one incident everyone dreads is an injury. Injuries can prevent players from finishing the game, or worse, end an athletic career. Protective sports eyewear helps to prevent injuries and allows players to continue to play...Belchertown Eye Care’s Promise To You
- We take pride in exceeding industry standards, not meeting them.
- Quality and customer service are first and foremost.
- We will continue to invest in state of the art technology so that we may customize and fabricate your lenses on-site to ensure uncompromised precision and accuracy.
- ...so that we may become "simply the best" place to fill your eyeglass prescription.
Meet the team
Charissa Brown, R.D.O., A.B.O.M.Elizabeth Ryan, O.D.
Michael Gousy, O.D.