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 ...

There was a time when a child born deaf had few choices. For more than a century, the only option for parents was to send their son or daughter away to a boarding school for the deaf. There, the ...

In November, Driscoll completed its first cochlear implant case to use the Cochlear Nexa. The child became the first in South ...

The cochlea is a complex organ within the inner ear, which is responsible for translating physical sound waves into electrical information the brain can recognize as sound. The cochlea is lined with ...

Cochlear implants can be a life-changing tool for people with hearing loss, but some Deaf people argue their use risks ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm 70 years old and have worn hearing aids for about a decade. Over the past several years, my hearing seems to be getting worse. Although I have tried several different kinds of ...

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 ...

This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by Cristina Hartmann, writer: Well, this is a tough question for me since I’ve lived far more years with a cochlear implant (CI) than without. In ...

Recent advances in medicine and technology are now reshaping what it means to be deaf in America. With the new implants, children who could never... Cochlear Implants Redefine What It Means To Be Deaf ...