FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Imagine being born profoundly deaf: missing the vital nerve needed for you to hear. Without it, you had no options; until now. Born without the nerve that carries sound to the ...

The advent of auditory prostheses has revolutionised the management of profound hearing loss. Cochlear implants (CIs) have long been established as an effective treatment for individuals with ...

Two-year-old is part of a clinical trial for testing a radical auditory device — -- A deaf toddler who underwent surgery to have a radical auditory device implanted into his brainstem to help him ...

Over the last couple of decades, many people have regained hearing functionality with the most successful neurotech device to date: the cochlear implant. But for those whose cochlear nerve is too ...

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 ...

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 ...