An Australian mom shared a video of her son reacting to hearing his parents' voices for the first time after receiving ...
Cochlear implants have sparked controversy about deaf culture and identity for decades. Some say they treat deafness as a ...
Opal Sandy was born into a world she could not hear. The British baby girl, now 18 months old, had a rare genetic ...
Cochlear implants don’t restore a person’s hearing. However, these powerful tools can help those with severe or profound hearing loss hear and process sounds better so they can stay engaged in ...
When her daughter was 3 months old, they found out she had profound hearing loss. They want her to decide whether she gets a ...
Hearing loss affects about 1.5 billion people, while congenital deafness—hearing loss present at birth—affects approximately ...
Opal Sandy, 18 months, was born deaf due to a rare genetic condition, auditory neuropathy, caused by the disruption of nerve ...
Opal Sandy loves slamming her cutlery on the table to make a noise and enjoys playing with toy drums, a piano and wooden ...
The Visual Ear project aims to illustrate the cochlear mechanism as an educational tool. The cochlea itself is the part of the ear that converts the pressure waves of sound into electrical ...
The Cochlear Baha Attract System is a highly effective bone conduction hearing system designed to leave the skin intact. It uses a magnetic connection to attract the sound processor to the implant ...
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 ...