Professor Pavel Jungwirth and his colleagues from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the cochlear implant company MED-EL, based in Austria, have ...

The brain may play a role in helping the ear regulate its sensitivity to sound and compensate for hearing loss by sending a signal to a structure in the inner ear known as the cochlea, according to a ...

Pamela Runner, 77, of Corvallis, Oregon, hears her husband speak through a cochlear implant on Jan. 12, 2024, as her new electronic hearing device is turned on for the first time at Oregon Health & ...

You might have heard of the cochlear implant. It’s an electronic device also referred to as a neuroprosthesis, serving as a bionic replacement for the human ear. These implants have brought an ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Key Takeaways The cochlear nerve is part of the eighth cranial nerve and is crucial for hearing.Issues with the cochlear nerve can result from inflammation, ...

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is the first and only health system in the Carolinas to begin using the only FDA-cleared robotic-assisted cochlear implant technology. Cochlear implants can be ...

With the gradual deterioration of her hearing, Arlene Concepcion lost confidence in her ability to converse with her friends, colleagues, and even with members of her family. “I’m scared of being ...

An international team of researchers has developed a new method to deliver drugs into the inner ear. The discovery was possible by harnessing the natural flow of fluids in the brain and employing a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon woman has become the first person on the West Coast to receive a cochlear implant surgery assisted by a small robot. Oregon Health and Science University announced ...