Cochlear implant surgery may take place in a hospital or an outpatient surgical center. You will be put to sleep under general anesthesia during the procedure so you will not feel anything nor ...

Cochlear implant surgery helps people with severe hearing loss by placing an electronic device inside the inner ear. To reach the inner ear, surgeons must first remove part of a bone behind the ear, ...

Last year was particularly eventful for the Haas family of Chicago. In addition to the ups and downs of everyday life with two kids, Declan, 3, and Bennett, 8 months, both boys underwent cochlear ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A local man is working to raise awareness about cochlear implants in older adults — and sharing his own journey in the process. David Zapatka joined Shannon Hegy on the ...

She does gymnastics and loves music and singing. She’s always requesting songs in the car. She loves playing dress up and princess and barbies. She loves helping her mom in the kitchen. At just four ...

An international group of hearing specialists has released a new set of recommendations emphasizing that cochlear implants should be offered to adults who have moderate to severe or worse hearing loss ...

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MED-EL USA announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company’s cochlear implant system for single-sided deafness (SSD) and ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — MUSC is leading the country in a clinical trial testing a new cochlear implant. Doctors at MUSC say they are the only site on the east coast who are part of the clinical ...

ANAHEIM HILLS, Calif. (KABC) -- Cochlear implants to help those with profound hearing loss have been around for decades, but patients are getting younger and younger. One Anaheim Hills infant is one ...

Jodhpur: AIIMS-Jodhpur's ENT department has performed cochlear implant surgery in both ears of a nine-month-old infant in a single session, a procedure the institute said was possibly the first-of-its ...