A cochlear implant is a small electronic medical device that improves moderate to severe hearing loss. It’s used to help hearing loss in adults, children, and babies. The device works by ...

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.

“The internal device of the traditional cochlear implant has the internal processor, and then it has a small electrode that then travels and gets inserted into the cochlea itself.” He ...

LONE TREE, Colo., Feb. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of International Cochlear Implant Day, Cochlear North America is thrilled to announce the winners of 2025 annual Cochlear Academic ...

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 ...

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 ...