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 ...

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

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 ...

"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 ...

More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans — and 25 ...

Both Roberta and Jim Carver received cochlear implants to help restore their hearing electronically in a process started ...

The Carver's did as so many have done over recent decades. They turned to the talented doctors and researchers of the Cochlear Implant Program at University of Iowa Health Care in Iowa City.

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 ...

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 ...

Eight-year-old Jaasiel Robledo now has the gift of hearing thanks to the cochlear implant. He was born with a congenital ...

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