For the hearing-impaired, cochlear implants can be absolutely life-changing. But few of us actually know what it sounds like to slip on one of those tiny wearable devices and hear words, voices and ...

Ray Cathey is on a journey from silence to new sounds. Cathey's hearing took a pounding when he was an air rescue paramedic ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, three in every 1,000 children in the ...

Twins Ashe and Jett hear for the first time with life-changing cochlear implants, transforming their world and bringing joy ...

A Louisville boy recently became the first patient in the United States to receive a MED-EL FLEX34 cochlear implant, which is designed for people with an unusually large cochlea — the part of the ear ...

But, Hearing loss is so severe, it is now viewed as public health issue, with some 66,000 people losing their hearing every year. Some simply wake up no longer being able to hear, for no apparent ...

11-year-old DuJuan Broadus is the first U.S. patient to receive a MED-EL FLEX34 cochlear implant, designed for those with a larger cochlea. The new implant allows for a wider range of frequencies, ...

HILLSBORO Ore. (KPTV) - Pacific University’s School of Audiology and their Pacific Ear Clinic in Hillsboro are adding another tool to aid patients with hearing loss, the cochlear implant. In October, ...

Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh says he can hear again. In October, the Cape Girardeau native surprised everyone when he announced he was deaf. Now, after having a cochlear implant in his left ear, ...