More than a million people around the world rely on cochlear implants (CIs) to hear. CI effectiveness is generally evaluated ...

But, Hearing loss is so severe, it is now 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 ...

There was plenty of holiday spirit at Birney Elementary School in Central Fresno Thursday. Students in the school's deaf and hard of hearing program are learning to listen and talk. And Educators say ...

Technology has created a simple moment between parents and their baby that wasn’t possible for this western Massachusetts ...

NEWTON - Nelda Balding likes the fact that at age 74, she was the second U.S. Citizen (by one week) to have a research device surgically implanted into her inner ear. Only 10 other people in the ...

Adult hearing loss is undertreated, but cochlear implant technology through programs like one at Northwestern University is ...

Hearing loss among older adults remains vastly undertreated. Federal epidemiologists have estimated that it affects about 1 ...

VALENCIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advanced Bionics (AB), a global leader in cochlear implant technology, in collaboration with Phonak, a leading provider of life-changing hearing solutions, receives ...

The 60-60 rule refers to specific standards a person must meet to qualify for cochlear implants. The first 60 refers to the pure-tone average (PTA). A healthcare professional can check whether someone ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — MUSC is leading the country in a clinical trial testing a new cochlear implant. Doctors at MUSC say they are the only site on the east coast who are part of the clinical ...