Cochlear implants are good options when there’s severe hearing loss in one or both ears and loss of speech understanding. Share on Pinterest Illustrations by Diego Sabogal The device isn’t ...

Share on Pinterest Illustration by Alyssa Kiefer ... but there was only moderate to low quality evidence for this. A cochlear implant relays signals to the cochlea in your inner ear.

But not everyone in the Deaf community uses a hearing aid. Many people rely on cochlear, or inner ear implants, which directly stimulate the hearing nerve and use an external sound processor to ...

Research: Rehabilitation of human hearing with a totally implantable cochlear implant: a feasibility study. Image Credit: decade3d - anatomy online / Shutterstock Scientists have developed a ...

Cochlear implants enhance sound perception and clarity. Some, like this one, have processors that are worn directly over the implant site and don’t require additional external components.( ...