A seemingly innocent kiss on a baby's ear can cause severe, permanent hearing loss by creating a sudden pressure shift. This 'cochlear ear kiss injury' can rupture eardrums or damage delicate inner ...

Cochlear implantation represents a transformative intervention for individuals with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. This surgical procedure bypasses damaged cochlear hair cells by ...

When local law enforcement officer, father and Krewe of Endymion member Jeremy Stilwell lost his hearing from gunfire-induced noise trauma, he thought he may never be able to hear clearly ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steven covers accessibility and assistive technologies. Late last month, cochlear implant maker Cochlear announced a coalition ...

When my daughter was 3 months old we found out she had significant hearing loss in one ear. We chose not to go through with a cochlear implant because there were no guarantees. We decided it should be ...

A new study examining music habits among cochlear implant users has found that better hearing ability with the implant—as measured by standard speech tests—significantly correlates with increased time ...

While hearing loss is growing globally, awareness of solutions like cochlear implants remains low. Cochlear’s Hear the Difference effort showcases the sounds most of us may take for granted, but may ...

(WNDU) - A cochlear implant is a device that bypasses damaged portions of the ear and delivers sound signals directly to the hearing nerve. People with hearing loss usually communicate through spoken ...

Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair are honoured alongside Graeme Clark and Blake Wilson for their groundbreaking contributions to cochlear implants, a technology that converts sound into electrical signals ...

Ten-month-old Amir Hayden sits on his mother’s lap inside a sound-proof booth at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals audiology clinic in Oakland, as audiologist Sarah Coulthurst, MS, takes him through a ...

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- One month ago, Bailey Matney stopped by her boyfriend's Northeast Fresno apartment, near Fresno State. She locked the doors to her red Volvo, but left her backpack inside. "It ...