Leah and Sophie Salzberg, now 5 and 3, were born with a hearing loss disorder. Cochlear implants were "a light at the end of the tunnel" for their family Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning ...

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 ...

The company’s iotaSOFT surgical robot for cochlear implantation can now be used for performing this procedure in patients as ...

A cochlear implant is an electronic device used for people who are severely hard of hearing or deaf. They require surgery to ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

But, Hearing loss is so severe, it is now viewed as public health issue, with some 66,000 people losing their hearing every year. Some simply wake up no longer being able to hear, for no apparent ...

These findings support the proactive administration of an additional pneumococcal vaccine dose at the time of planning cochlear implant surgery for children ≥2 years old. In addition, periodic ...

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 ...