The cochlear implant consists of two parts: a small device that is placed during a relatively short surgery, and an externally worn speech processor. The cochlear implant converts acoustic sound to an ...

So, I think it’s great to be selected to be a part of it. It shows that there’s trust within the cochlear implant community and industry in our program. And I think it just shows that we’re ...

If a person has profound hearing loss, cochlear implants can help them hear sounds and help with their speech. The implants have one internal and one external part, so implanting them involves a ...

Among those with severe or profound hearing loss who might be eligible for a cochlear implant, only about 10 percent had received them. There were another 1.2 million eligible. Part of that is ...

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 ...