Cochlear implants are among the most successful neural prostheses on the market. These artificial ears have allowed nearly one million people globally with severe to profound hearing loss to either ...

“We are pleased to introduce SmartSound iQ and 2.4 GHz wireless connectivity to the Nucleus 6 Sound Processor as they help provide a better user experience,” said Chris Smith, President of Cochlear ...

A medical device that has allowed thousands of deaf individuals worldwide the opportunity to hear—sometimes for the first time and well enough to talk on the telephone—is the focus of 15 personal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the hearing-impaired, cochlear implants can be absolutely life-changing. But few of us actually know what it sounds like to ...

Binaural auditory processing underpins our ability to localise sounds and segregate auditory scenes. In cochlear implant (CI) users, the extraction of critical spatial cues—such as interaural time ...

Degraded acoustic signals can make hearing difficult for anyone, but differences in cognitive abilities, age-related changes, and the use of cochlear implants may exacerbate the problem. If it is more ...

Audiologists from the University of Southampton are investigating how a new patient-centred approach can help cochlear implant users manage their own care programme. A cochlear implant is a surgically ...

DENVER, May 24, 2022 – Degraded acoustic signals can make hearing difficult for anyone, but differences in cognitive abilities, age-related changes, and the use of cochlear implants may exacerbate the ...

Although cochlear implants do allow some deaf people to hear again, adjusting the devices to individual users can be challenging. An experimental new implant is designed to help in that regard, by ...

A good performer with the cochlear implant shows normal brain activations in response to visual and somatosensory (touch) stimulation. A cochlear implant user who performs averagely, however, shows ...