WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Surgeons at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital have made history as the first in the D.C. region to implant the world's first and only smart cochlear ...

(Reuters) - Cochlear implants can improve speech and quality of life in adults with severe hearing loss - and two implants seem to work better than one, according to a U.S. analysis of past research.

People who have severe or profound hearing loss may benefit from having cochlear implants. But only a minority of older adults who could use them are being referred for them. And certain populations ...

Hearing loss doesn't just affect how people hear the world - it can also change how they connect with it. A new study from the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, part of ...

The use of cochlear implants to treat children and adults with severe sensorineural hearing loss has made "incredible progress" over recent years, according to Christopher Bohr, MD, PhD, director of ...

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. Courtesy ...

Cochlear implants, first approved for adults in 1992, are for those whose hearing aids don’t help them understand what’s being said. They work differently from hearing aids, and can help people with ...

Walter Vidal Contreras Robles sat excitedly in the small waiting room of UNLV’s otolaryngology clinic with a bright smile on his face the morning of May 30. It was his 37th birthday, and instead of ...