Melissa Dalton got a cochlear implant when she was eight years old. However without auditory input at an early age, the part of her brain that process sound did not fully develop. With a cochlear ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Canadian researchers have found that over the last 20 years, three percent of deaf children who got cochlear implants at their hospital needed new ones because of technical ...

Winston-Salem, NC -- A cochlear implant is device implanted in the inner ear to restore hearing.Dr. Dan Kirse, a pediatric otolaryngologist at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center says, "It ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Cochlear implants have been a godsend for parents of children born profoundly deaf. While the devices can restore some level of hearing, many of these children can still fall ...

Nate's mom shared a video of the special moment on Facebook. An Australian mom recently shared a sweet video of her son hearing for the first time after receiving cochlear implants. In a Facebook ...

Deaf children with cochlear implants are at increased risk for developmental delays in memory and higher thinking, a new study finds. A cochlear implant is an implanted device that helps provide a ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an expanded indication for MED-EL (Medical Electronics) cochlear implants ...

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 ...

CHENNAI: You heard it right! Odds were aplenty, but they made it big. Yash Kumar and K Akshaya, who were both born with hearing impairment, are continuing to script success stories. It was sheer will ...

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 ...