Cochlear implantation is a very routine procedure for physicians who are trained in ear surgery (otology, neurotology, and skull base surgery). Our implant surgeons are double-boarded in ...

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 ...

Additionally, a study assessing the risk of magnet dislocation during MRI found that the prevalence of complications varied significantly depending on the type of cochlear implant. Implants with ...

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 ...

If I wanted to talk with people again, my best option was to get cochlear implants. If only it were that simple. Cochlear implant research and development prioritises helping people to understand ...

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is one of seven sites nationwide testing a new type of cochlear implant that ...

If you wear cochlear implants, sound doesn’t enter through your ear, but rather from microphones above your ears. That means earbuds are useless and you have to resort to large and clumsy over ...

I’m told that the only option now or in the future is a cochlear implant. How do they work? How do I know if I might be a candidate for this type of treatment? Dear Reader: When someone ...

The Carver's did as so many have done over recent decades. They turned to the talented doctors and researchers of the Cochlear Implant Program at University of Iowa Health Care in Iowa City.

One of the most significant issues facing people with hearing loss is isolation and depression. But it doesn't have to be that way. Sounds are shifting from indecipherable to gradually becoming ...