An implant bypasses those dysfunctional nerve endings, directly stimulating the undamaged cochlear nerve itself. With a typical cochlear implant, the external components include a microphone, a speech ...

Cochlear implants, which help 220,000 deaf people around the world hear, come with a few unfortunate side effects. Because the implants also consist of external parts (the mic, a speech processor, and ...

U.S researchers are developing a tiny middle ear "microphone" that could remove the need for any external components on cochlear implants. Led by University of Utah engineer Darrin J. Young, the ...

Cochlear implants have restored basic hearing to some 220,000 deaf people, yet a microphone and related electronics must be worn outside the head, raising reliability issues, preventing patients from ...

LONE TREE, Colo. (CBS4) - A young man from Lone Tree, deaf since the age of 4, can now hear better than normal hearing people. That's because he recently got the very latest technology in cochlear ...

Amy Richter and her twin sister were both born with bilateral profound hearing loss, meaning both ears had a loss of 90 decibels or greater. At two years old, doctors fit the sisters with powerful ...

What Is a Cochlear Implant? A cochlear implant (CI) is an electronic device designed to help you hear better if you're deaf, partially deaf, or have trouble understanding speech. It has two parts: a ...