Cochlear implants use components inside and outside the body to stimulate hearing. Here’s a simplified breakdown: Hearing aids are devices worn in the outer ear to make sounds louder ...

Caitlyn Mai woke up one morning in middle school so dizzy she couldn’t stand and deaf in one ear, the result of an infection ...

Wrapping around the ear, the implant also has a transmitter, which attaches to her head. ‘As soon as the metal attaches to the coil inside, that activates the cochlear implant. ‘The signals ...

The 60-60 rule refers to standards that must be met to qualify for cochlear implants. This means checking if the better ear has a pure-tone average (PTA) of 60 dB HL or greater and a word ...

China has significantly reduced the cost of cochlear implants through its first centralized procurement program, cutting prices from more than 200,000 yuan ($27,400) to around 50,000 yuan ...

The press release also provided information about Envoy Medical's Acclaim Cochlear Implant and Esteem Fully Implanted Active Middle Ear Implant. Envoy Medical has been granted four new patents ...

The Southern Cochlear Implant Programme congratulates its chair David Kent MNZM for being honoured as a Member of the New ...

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

New Delhi: A five-month-old infant has successfully undergone a cochlear implant surgery at a private hospital in Faridabad that was performed to treat congenital hearing impairment. The implant ...

From a pig kidney transplant to restoring genetic deafness, 2024 was a year full of medical breakthroughs. The breakthroughs ...