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

Typically, infants with hearing loss are first treated with hearing aids, and if these fail to help them develop early language and speech skills, they then become eligible for cochlear implants at 12 ...

A study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago found that children with a MED-EL Synchrony cochlear implant device can undergo MRI safely, with no discomfort and reduced need for ...

Children with either no exposure or limited exposure to sign language end up with better auditory, speaking and reading skills later, a new, multisite study of deaf children with cochlear implants has ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Canadian researchers have found that over the last 20 years, three percent of deaf children who got cochlear implants at their hospital needed new ones because of technical ...

A Penn State researcher has published a study on the social and educational developments of deaf children with cochlear implants in mainstream schools. The children, of the first generation to grow up ...

These findings support the proactive administration of an additional pneumococcal vaccine dose at the time of planning cochlear implant surgery for children ≥2 years old. In addition, periodic ...

Researchers from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago present further evidence that deaf children who received cochlear implants (implanted electronic hearing device) before 12 months ...

For many years scientists tinkered to find a perfect replacement for the damaged or dysplastic inner ear. Cochlear implants receive a sound, convert it into electrical stimuli and send these impulses ...

Winston-Salem, NC -- A cochlear implant is device implanted in the inner ear to restore hearing.Dr. Dan Kirse, a pediatric otolaryngologist at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center says, "It ...

YG Entertainment has continued meaningful efforts to close cultural gaps through ongoing sharing for patients with rare and ...