A cochlear implant is an electronic device implanted in the ear's inner side to improve speech understanding. It does not restore hearing; rather, it enhances it. A cochlear implant specialist can ...

Cochlear implants help improve hearing for individuals with profound hearing loss. Medicare covers cochlear implants for individuals who meet eligibility requirements. Cochlear implants help people ...

DuJuan Broadus Jr, 10, is a Louisville boy has received hearing care from UK HealthCare's Ear, Nose and Throat clinic with his FLEX34 hearing device. July 22, 2025. A Louisville boy recently became ...

GRAND FORKS — Gary Greicar began losing hearing in his right ear two decades ago, a problem that only worsened with age. But after undergoing a new procedure now available for the first time in Grand ...

The 60-60 rule refers to specific standards a person must meet to qualify for cochlear implants. The first 60 refers to the pure-tone average (PTA). A healthcare professional can check whether someone ...

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 ...

Ray Cathey is on a journey from silence to new sounds. Cathey's hearing took a pounding when he was an air rescue paramedic during the Vietnam War. "When you're in helicopters all the time and you've ...