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 ...

After losing much of her hearing as a toddler, four-year-old Stella Chugg received cochlear implants that are transforming ...

The use of cochlear implants to treat children and adults with severe sensorineural hearing loss has made "incredible progress" over recent years, according to Christopher Bohr, MD, PhD, director of ...

ANAHEIM HILLS, Calif. -- Cochlear implants to help those with profound hearing loss have been around for decades, but patients are getting younger and younger. One Anaheim Hills infant is one of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ten-month-old Amir Hayden sits on his mother’s lap inside a sound-proof booth at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals audiology clinic in Oakland, as audiologist Sarah Coulthurst, MS, takes him through a ...

Cochlear implants allow people with hearing loss to experience sounds in the environment. All this sensory information can lead to a situation called hearing or listening fatigue. Share on Pinterest ...

MINNEAPOLIS — It is one of life's time-honored truths. Kids lose stuff. Usually it's money, a shoe, a favorite sweatshirt or a house key. Losing them is inconvenient, or emotionally upsetting, but ...