Each participant was examined with an implantable cochlear implant (Mi2000) and an external audio processor. The study reported 15 adverse events during the follow-up period. Nine of these events ...

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 ...

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is one of seven sites nationwide testing a new type of cochlear implant that ...

"A new adventure of having to get a cochlear implant. I was scared. But once I met Dr. Sweeney and Dr. Schadt, I knew there was nothing to worry about. I have never in my life met such supporting ...

If you wear cochlear implants, sound doesn’t enter through ... Many people don’t sleep with the external unit attached, which makes conventional alarm clocks and smoke alarms useless.

Groundbreaking implant eliminates external processors ... hearing performance comparable to that of conventional cochlear implants with external audio processors. The study is published in ...

Pulses of light restored hearing in gerbils. Could that lead to higher-tech cochlear implants? Could light one day be used to restore hearing? To try to answer that question, a team of German ...

If I wanted to talk with people again, my best option was to get cochlear implants. If only it were that simple. Cochlear implant research and development prioritises helping people to understand ...

A five-month-old infant with congenital hearing impairment underwent successful cochlear implant surgery at Sarvodaya Hospital, Faridabad. The surgery, potentially the earliest performed in India ...