The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an expanded indication for MED-EL (Medical Electronics) cochlear implants for children ages 7 months and older with bilateral sensorineural hearing ...

Ben Summers lights up with a smile the moment he talks about the “Batman” theme song or the afternoons he spends playing the piano at his grandmother’s house. Just a few years ago, Ben could not hear ...

Ray Cathey is on a journey from silence to new sounds. Cathey's hearing took a pounding when he was an air rescue paramedic during the Vietnam War. "When you're in helicopters all the time and you've ...

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Dr. Shashank Ojha highlighted cochlear implants as a solution for severe hearing loss at an Allahabad Medical Association event. Unlike hearing aids, these devices bypass damaged inner ear parts, ...

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 ...

Youth with congenital deafness treated with gene therapy showed better progress on certain hearing measures than counterparts treated with cochlear implantation in a cohort study from China. Gene ...

With a growing number of Chinese affected by hearing loss, an Australian implant maker is leveraging the special medical tourism zone in Hainan to provide faster access to its latest device. Cochlear ...

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TUCSON, AZ (AZFamily) — A major medical breakthrough could help people experiencing hearing loss across the nation and worldwide. Two Tucson patients participated in a clinical trial to receive the ...

K.Flay says she recently underwent surgery for a cochlear implant, which will help with the hearing loss she suddenly experienced out of her right ear in 2022. (Photo by Jeff Schear/Getty Images for ...