A cochlear implant is an electronic device used for people who are severely hard of hearing or deaf. They require surgery to be implanted, but you won’t be able to hear right afterward. The device ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The cochlear nerve, also known as part of the vestibulocochlear or auditory nerve, is a sensory nerve responsible for hearing. It travels from the cochlea, a spiral-shaped structure in the inner ear, ...

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 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 ...

Jinal Bhoir, a six-year-old from Bhiwandi, was diagnosed as hearing-impaired by her mother. After undergoing speech therapy ...

Cochlear implants, electronic devices that bypass damaged portions of the ear to stimulate the auditory nerve, are a life-changing solution for individuals with severe to profound hearing impairments.