Children with hearing impairments and their families are sometimes fighting battles that most of us may know nothing about, ...

Major advancements are being made for people who use hearing aids and cochlear implants. Global Partnerships for Research and ...

Binaural auditory processing underpins our ability to localise sounds and segregate auditory scenes. In cochlear implant (CI) users, the extraction of critical spatial cues—such as interaural time ...

Unlike hearing aids, cochlear implants require regular rehabilitation and updates throughout your life. Share on Pinterest Stocksy/Erin Brant Some people in the Deaf community may opt to receive ...

While cochlear implants do allow some deaf people to hear, they also incorporate potentially problematic external components located on the side of the head. That could soon change, however, thanks to ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston will be the first clinical trial site in the country to test a new cochlear implant for people with hearing loss. The ...

For those born with certain types of congenital deafness, the cochlear implant has been a positive and enabling technology.

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 ...

Youth with congenital deafness treated with gene therapy showed better progress on certain hearing measures than counterparts treated with cochlear implantation in a cohort study from China. Gene ...

When deaf athletes with cochlear implants take part in sports like rugby, they have to wear headgear that protects the external parts of their implant. A new wearable serves that same purpose, while ...