Understanding spoken words, developing normal speech - cochlear implants enable people with profound hearing impairment to gain a great deal in terms of quality of life. However, background noises are ...

Matthew Masapollo studies how children with hearing impairments learn speech, highlighting the role of tactile feedback.

Scientists have created an optical cochlear implant based on LED lights that can safely and partially restore the sensation of hearing in deaf rats and gerbils. Their design's light-based approach ...

Scientists have created an optical cochlear implant based on LED lights that can safely and partially restore the sensation of hearing in deaf rats and gerbils. Their design's light-based approach ...

A local man just got a new cochlear implant that runs its own firmware, similar to an iPhone. It’s helped him to hear his ...

Envoy Medical Inc. (NASDAQ:COCH) saw its shares soar 150% in premarket trading on Tuesday after the company announced that ...

A Louisville boy recently became the first patient in the United States to receive a MED-EL FLEX34 cochlear implant, which is designed for people with an unusually large cochlea — the part of the ear ...

Laser-technology company Aculight has been awarded a contract under the Small Business Innovation Research program to develop an optical cochlear implant based on neural stimulation technology.

A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted electronic device designed to improve your ability to hear. Otolarnygologists (ear, nose, and throat doctors) and audiologists recommend cochlear implants ...

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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 ...