The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an expanded indication for MED-EL (Medical Electronics) cochlear implants ...

Investigators are developing a new type of auditory brainstem implant that is designed to be soft, and flexible and address limitations of models currently in use. These implants may one day benefit ...

11-year-old DuJuan Broadus is the first U.S. patient to receive a MED-EL FLEX34 cochlear implant, designed for those with a larger cochlea. The new implant allows for a wider range of frequencies, ...

It has been decades since he was able to hear out of his right ear, but thanks to an updated cochlear implant, now he can hear his wife and family clearly. WTOP was inside the doctor’s office as that ...

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 ...

New breakthroughs in cochlear technology are making the sense of sound a first for many people who cannot hear. Cochlear implants keep getting smaller, but their benefits are getting bigger and better ...

David Zapatka joined Shannon Hegy on the latest edition of 12 Health, along with his doctor, Dr. Benjamin Wycherly from the ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, calif. — When Esperanza Bijasa began losing her hearing in 2017, the world around her grew quieter. The Bingo nights, the laughter at parties, the conversations she once cherished ...

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 ...

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 committee was formed to assess the Hearing in Noise Test (HINT) and alternatives tests with similar characteristics for adults and children with cochlear implants. The report will identify the ...