The use of cochlear implants to treat children and adults with severe sensorineural hearing loss has made "incredible progress" over recent years, according to Christopher Bohr, MD, PhD, director of ...

More than a million people around the world rely on cochlear implants (CIs) to hear. CI effectiveness is generally evaluated through speech recognition tests, and despite how widespread they are, CI ...

A cochlear implant is an electronic device implanted in the ear's inner side to improve speech understanding. It does not restore hearing; rather, it enhances it. A cochlear implant specialist can ...

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hearing implant leader MED-EL Corporation announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of new indications along with the first-ever approval of ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KWWL) Hearing loss is viewed as public health issue, with some 66,000 people losing their hearing every year. Some simply wake up no longer being able to hear, for no apparent reason.

TUCSON, AZ (AZFamily) — A major medical breakthrough could help people experiencing hearing loss across the nation and worldwide. Two Tucson patients participated in a clinical trial to receive the ...

More older adults have turned to cochlear implants after Medicare expanded eligibility for the devices. By Paula Span Kitty Grutzmacher had contended with poor hearing for a decade, but the problem ...

When she’s not working as a regulatory coordinator to help launch clinical trials in the Department of Pediatrics, Oncology and Hematology Research Group at University of Utah Health, Mindy Torman ...