Lifestyle influencer Kennedy Chugg shares how her family chose a cochlear implant to help daughter Stella with her ...

Cochlear implants are among the most successful neural prostheses on the market. These artificial ears have allowed nearly one million people globally with severe to profound hearing loss to either ...

An international group of hearing specialists has released a new set of recommendations emphasizing that cochlear implants should be offered to adults who have moderate to severe or worse hearing loss ...

David Zapatka joined Shannon Hegy on the latest edition of 12 Health, along with his doctor, Dr. Benjamin Wycherly from the ...

It wasn’t until my brother told me they were concerned that I noticed my niece couldn’t hear like other kids. When children are very young it can be extremely difficult to determine their level of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steven covers accessibility and assistive technologies. Late last month, cochlear implant maker Cochlear announced a coalition ...

Discover how cochlear implants work to combat hearing loss and learn about the remarkable journey from sound to brain interpretation. It’s hard to imagine what Count Alessandro Volta was thinking in ...

Cochlear implants can help people who are deaf and hard of hearing perceive sound, but they could potentially be improved by using light instead of electricity to stimulate nerves in the cochlea, a ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an expanded indication for MED-EL (Medical Electronics) cochlear implants for children ages 7 months and older with bilateral sensorineural hearing ...

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 ...

The world is a different place for people who suffer from hearing loss. However, technological advancement has made it possible for them to experience sounds like other people around them. A cochlear ...

Cochlear implants are so widespread that it's easy to take for granted what a life-changing tool they are for people with hearing loss. But they're not perfect. Implants don't always perform well in ...