Cochlear implants are surgically implanted devices for people with severe or profound hearing loss. Get insights into the pros and cons and how these implants work.

A cochlear implant is a small electronic medical device that improves severe hearing loss. It has both pros and cons, and certain risks.

Cochlear Ltd. heard good news from the U.S. FDA, as the agency approved its next-generation cochlear implant, the Nucleus Nexa System, the first smart cochlear implant system. Cochlear expects to ...

Advances in cochlear implant technology are making hearing restoration more precise, personal, and accessible to patients of all ages.

Engaging the brain’s plasticity by stimulating the locus coeruleus, a region in the brainstem, could be a clinically relevant approach to optimize the efficacy of cochlear implants in restoring ...

Invented in 1957, cochlear implants are worn by more than two hundred thousand Americans, according to the American Cochlear Implant Alliance, an industry trade group.

NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on the use of cochlear implants -- medical implants used to bring a semblance of hearing to the deaf. Many patients benefit from the implants,but few insurers cover ...

Scientists have developed a totally implantable cochlear implant that delivers hearing performance comparable to conventional devices while improving quality of life and eliminating the need for ...

Hearing rehabilitation with hearing aids or cochlear implants is associated with improved social outcomes for older adults with hearing loss, according to a study published online July 3 in JAMA ...

MUSC is leading the country in a clinical trial testing a new cochlear implant.Doctors at MUSC say they are the only site on the east coast who are part of the ...

Pulses of light restored hearing in gerbils. Could that lead to higher-tech cochlear implants? Could light one day be used to restore hearing? To try to answer that question, a team of German ...

Cochlear implants offer patients a life-changing opportunity to improve hearing loss in both ears — and North Texas is home to some of the best researchers ...