Cochlear implant surgery helps people with severe hearing loss by placing an electronic device inside the inner ear. To reach ...

Researchers developed a new terahertz imaging method that was able to visualize internal details of the mouse cochlea with micron-level spatial resolution. An excised mouse cochlea is pictured.

Six months after becoming the first patient in the United States to receive a newly FDA-approved cochlear implant system, ...

Researchers have identified a previously unknown mechanism that drives the death of inner ear hair cells, the tiny sensory structures responsible for converting sound into brain signals. The discovery ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. This story first appeared in Healthy You - November 2024, The Gazette’s quarterly health publication.

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 ...

Walter Vidal Contreras Robles sat excitedly in the small waiting room of UNLV’s otolaryngology clinic with a bright smile on his face the morning of May 30. It was his 37th birthday, and instead of ...

11-year-old DuJuan Broadus is the first U.S. patient to receive a MED-EL FLEX34 cochlear implant, designed for those with a larger cochlea. The new implant allows for a wider range of frequencies, ...

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 ...

In celebration of International Cochlear Implant Day, Cochlear North America is proud to announce the recipients of the 2026 Cochlear Academic Scholarships. This year, eight exceptional students, who ...