Five scientists and engineers — Graeme Clark, Erwin Hochmair, Ingeborg Hochmair, Michael Merzenich, and Blake Wilson — have ...

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 ...

A cochlear implant is a complex electronic device that can improve hearing in individuals with severe to profound hearing loss. While the implant does not restore normal hearing and differs from ...

Groundbreaking implant eliminates external processors, offering a seamless, high-performance solution for hearing loss sufferers. Research: Rehabilitation of human hearing with a totally implantable ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

It couldn't have helped Gordon Welch's hearing when he ran headlong into a clothesline pole one day playing baseball at the age of about 10. Or when a gnat got stuck in his ear and he had to have it ...

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 ...