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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More older adults have turned to cochlear implants after Medicare expanded eligibility for the devices. By Paula Span Kitty Grutzmacher had contended with poor hearing for a decade, but the problem ...

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 ...

The 60-60 rule refers to specific standards a person must meet to qualify for cochlear implants. The first 60 refers to the pure-tone average (PTA). A healthcare professional can check whether someone ...

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 ...

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But, Hearing loss is becoming so common, it is now viewed as public health issue, with some 66,000 people losing their hearing every year. Some simply wake up no longer being able to hear, for no ...

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

While cochlear implants do allow some deaf people to hear, they also incorporate potentially problematic external components located on the side of the head. That could soon change, however, thanks to ...