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 ...

University of Iowa researchers have defined how people recognize words. In a new study with people who use cochlear implants to hear, the researchers identified three main approaches that people with ...

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 ...

Hearing loss doesn't just affect how people hear the world - it can also change how they connect with it. A new study from the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, part of ...

Cochlear implants help improve hearing for individuals with profound hearing loss. Medicare covers cochlear implants for individuals who meet eligibility requirements. Cochlear implants help people ...

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 ...

An Osia implant, designed for people with conductive hearing loss, mixed hearing loss and single-sided deafness, differs from a cochlear implant. It’s a type of bone conduction hearing implant and ...

I’M CAROL CLARK IN NEWS 4 YOUR HEALTH, A SOUTH CAROLINA HOSPITAL SYSTEM WILL BE PART OF A NEW STUDY TO HELP PEOPLE WITH PROFOUND HEARING LOSS. THE DEVICE IS A COCHLEAR IMPLANT, BUT THIS IS A NEW KIND ...