A woman with a rare condition that causes hearing- and vision-loss lit up when a cochlear implant was activated in one of her ...

Hearing aids are small, battery-operated devices that a person can wear in or behind the ear. They help people with mild-to-profound hearing loss hear better by amplifying sounds. Hearing aids ...

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 ...

Bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHAs) and cochlear implants are devices that can improve the quality of a person’s hearing. They work in different ways, and each has specific advantages and disadvantages ...

While they can be priceless for some, cochlear implants do require extensive training to function well. They are also seen by some in the Deaf community as ableist. Share on Pinterest Hearing is one ...

Ten-month-old Amir Hayden sits on his mother’s lap inside a sound-proof booth at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals audiology clinic in Oakland, as audiologist Sarah Coulthurst, MS, takes him through a ...

Earlier this year, Cochlear, the manufacturer of cochlear implants, announced a collaboration with Google and Australian Hearing Hub members, the National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL), Macquarie ...

Cochlear implant surgery may take place in a hospital or an outpatient surgical center. You will be put to sleep under general anesthesia during the procedure so you will not feel anything nor ...