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Cochlear chief executive Dig Howitt says he is confident the company will get on top of delays to the global rollout of its new hearing implant this year, after lower than expected first-half sales ...

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 ...

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Jessica Cosgrove was only three years old when she had surgery to insert a cochlear implant hearing device. The Australian Sign Language (Auslan) lecturer still remembers the shock of what happened ...

The cochlear nerve is part of the eighth cranial nerve and is crucial for hearing. Issues with the cochlear nerve can result from inflammation, infection, injury, or a tumor. Cochlear implants can ...

Daniela Carvalho, MD, explained how the FDA-approved Nexa cochlear implant system may reduce interruptions in hearing for children while reinforcing the need for infection prevention. The Nexa ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an expanded indication for MED-EL (Medical Electronics) cochlear implants for children ages 7 months and older with bilateral sensorineural hearing ...

Ben Summers lights up with a smile the moment he talks about the “Batman” theme song or the afternoons he spends playing the piano at his grandmother’s house. Just a few years ago, Ben could not hear ...

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 helicopters all the time and you've ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, calif. — When Esperanza Bijasa began losing her hearing in 2017, the world around her grew quieter. The Bingo nights, the laughter at parties, the conversations she once cherished ...