A Louisville boy recently became the first patient in the United States to receive a MED-EL FLEX34 cochlear implant, which is designed for people with an unusually large cochlea — the part of the ear ...

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 ...

A cochlear implant is an electronic device implanted in the ear's inner side to improve speech understanding. It does not restore hearing; rather, it enhances it. A cochlear implant specialist can ...

After losing much of her hearing as a toddler, four-year-old Stella Chugg received cochlear implants that are transforming ...

Ten-month-old Amir Hayden sits on his mother’s lap inside a sound-proof booth at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals audiology clinic in Oakland, as audiologist Sarah Coulthurst, MS, takes him through a ...

When she’s not working as a regulatory coordinator to help launch clinical trials in the Department of Pediatrics, Oncology and Hematology Research Group at University of Utah Health, Mindy Torman ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DuJuan Broadus Jr, 10, is a Louisville boy has received hearing care from UK HealthCare's Ear, Nose and Throat clinic with his ...

Ten-month-old Amir Hayden sits on his mother’s lap inside a sound-proof booth at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals audiology clinic in Oakland, as audiologist Sarah Coulthurst, MS, takes him through a ...