In the six decades since French and American surgeons implanted the first cochlear hearing devices, the procedure in children has become reliable, safe, and relatively free of severe complications, ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – The first cochlear implant procedure in North Alabama has been performed at Crestwood Medical Center, hospital officials said on Tuesday. The procedure was done at the ...

Cochlear implants support hearing in profoundly deaf people ‘Balance of power’ between brain areas may affect how effective implants are Goal is to find ways to help kids better adapt to implants Four ...

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 ...

BAY CITY, Mich. (WNEM) - A surgeon in Bay City has hit the milestone of performing her 100th cochlear implant procedure of the year. The milestone makes McLaren Bay Region surgeon Dr. Candice ...

A Mississippi baby is among the youngest in the world to receive a cochlear implant, University of Mississippi Medical Center officials say. At the age of 3 months and 1 day, Kadence Lane made history ...

Patients with single-sided deafness or asymmetric hearing loss often have associated problems like identifying where sounds originate, maintaining balance, speech recognition and hearing in complex ...

Last year was particularly eventful for the Haas family of Chicago. In addition to the ups and downs of everyday life with two kids, Declan, 3, and Bennett, 8 months, both boys underwent cochlear ...

A cochlear implant is an electronic device capable of restoring hearing in a profoundly deaf person by directly stimulating the nerve endings in the inner ear. This technology enables people who have ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston will be the first clinical trial site in the country to test a new cochlear implant for people with hearing loss. The ...

AIIMS-Jodhpur's ENT department successfully performed a bilateral cochlear implant surgery on a nine-month-old infant in a single session, a procedure believed to be a first for a government ...