MIT engineers have developed a hybrid propulsion system that combines the raw push of ...

Cochlear implants are among the most successful neural prostheses on the market. These artificial ears have allowed nearly one million people globally with severe to profound hearing loss to either ...

May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, a month dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of hearing health. For ...

A medical device that has allowed thousands of deaf individuals worldwide the opportunity to hear—sometimes for the first time and well enough to talk on the telephone—is the focus of 15 personal ...

Cochlear implants are among the most successful neural prostheses on the market. These artificial ears have allowed nearly 1 million people globally with severe to profound hearing loss to either ...

For Ruthie Chaney it was a rhythmic "click, click, click, click" from a nearby clock. For Stacy Cockrell, it was "wah, wah, wah," which, thanks to stellar lip-reading skills, she was able to interpret ...

Cochlear implants are so widespread that it's easy to take for granted what a life-changing tool they are for people with hearing loss. But they're not perfect. Implants don't always perform well in ...

Cochlear implants support hearing in profoundly deaf people ‘Balance of power’ between brain areas may affect how effective implants are Goal is to find ways to help kids better adapt to implants Four ...

A manufacturer of amazing medical devices known as cochlear implants, which restore hearing to the deaf, sold defective implants to young children and adults for years — even after learning that a ...

Cochlear implants have divided the deaf community for years. Many see the technology, which offers some degree of hearing, as a threat to deaf culture. Now that debate is shifting. Neal Conan and ...