NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Findings from a study conducted in rats suggest that cochlear implants, which are used to treat severe hearing loss, can cause meningitis -- inflammation of the membrane ...

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 ...

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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 ...

(WNDU) - A cochlear implant is a device that bypasses damaged portions of the ear and delivers sound signals directly to the hearing nerve. People with hearing loss usually communicate through spoken ...

(Reuters) - Cochlear implants can improve speech and quality of life in adults with severe hearing loss - and two implants seem to work better than one, according to a U.S. analysis of past research.

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 ...

Ten-month-old Amir Hayden sits on his mother’s lap inside a sound-proof booth at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals audiology clinic in Oakland, as audiologist Sarah Coulthurst, MS, takes him through a ...