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Deaf babies and toddlers with developmental delays may benefit significantly from receiving cochlear implants over hearing aids. A new study in the journal Pediatrics pushes against the notion that ...

For many doctors, cochlear implants would have been an unconventional approach for a child with Down syndrome. “Traditionally, developmentally delayed patients haven’t been seen as ideal candidates ...

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 have proven an effective but controversial means of restoring hearing in children. NPR science correspondent Joseph Shapiro reports that the implants are now gaining popularity among ...

Recent studies have shown a strong link between hearing loss and cognitive decline, with severe hearing loss increasing the risk of cognitive decline by up to fivefold. Dr. Nicholas Deep, a Mayo ...

Sponsored FOY Cochlear Implants Offer Teen Life-Changing Journey Ivette Cejas, Ph.D., is a psychologist and Director of Family Support Services as part of the Children’s Hearing Program at UHealth, ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston will be the first clinical trial site in the country to test a new cochlear implant for people with hearing loss. The ...

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 ...

Bimodal hearing, which involves the combined use of a cochlear implant (CI) in one ear and a conventional hearing aid (HA) in the contralateral ear, has emerged as a transformative approach for ...

Cochlear implantation carried various benefits over hearing aids for young children with deafness and early development impairment (EDI), a prospective cohort study found. In children with low ...