Unlike hearing aids, cochlear implants require regular rehabilitation and updates throughout your life. Share on Pinterest Stocksy/Erin Brant Some people in the Deaf community may opt to receive ...

Can light restore hearing in deaf people? Researchers hope that through optogenetics, they can use micro-LED lights to make better cochlear implants than those used by deaf people today. Standard ...

Bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHAs) and cochlear implants are devices that can improve the quality of a person’s hearing. They work in different ways, and each has specific advantages and disadvantages ...

Three years ago, Michael Chorost, who suffered sudden-onset deafness in 2001, wrote about his quest to hear again — not just words, but music. Surgeons had installed a cochlear implant in his left ear ...

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 ...

TEMPLE, Texas (KXXV) — Eight-year-old Jaasiel Robledo now has the gift of hearing thanks to the cochlear implant. He was born with a congenital condition that had him hard of hearing, and now, nothing ...

Cochlear implants help improve hearing for individuals with profound hearing loss. Medicare covers cochlear implants for individuals who meet eligibility requirements. Cochlear implants help people ...

"A new adventure of having to get a cochlear implant. I was scared. But once I met Dr. Sweeney and Dr. Schadt, I knew there was nothing to worry about. I have never in my life met such supporting ...

SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) -- Ray Cathey is on a journey from silence to new sounds. Cathey's hearing took a pounding when he was an air rescue paramedic during the Vietnam War. "When you're in ...

David Zapatka joined Shannon Hegy on the latest edition of 12 Health, along with his doctor, Dr. Benjamin Wycherly from the ...

Medicare covers cochlear implants for people who meet eligibility requirements, and implant costs can begin at around $558. Additional out-of-pocket costs may apply. If a person has profound hearing ...