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 ...

Scientists have developed a totally implantable cochlear implant that delivers hearing performance comparable to conventional ...

Eight-year-old Jaasiel Robledo now has the gift of hearing thanks to the cochlear implant. He was born with a congenital condition that had him hard of hearing, and now, nothing is holding him back.

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 ...

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

Finally, she notes, “Very often, people with hearing loss tend to withdraw from social situations where they find it ...

In a loud, crowded room, how does the human brain use visual speech cues to augment muddled audio and help the listener ...

Hearing loss is viewed as public health issue, with some 66,000 people losing their hearing every year. Some simply wake up ...

A 54-year-old woman from Azamgarh underwent successful cochlear implantation at Banaras Hindu University. This is the first time the university's ENT ...