Many people rely on cochlear, or inner ear implants, which directly stimulate the hearing nerve and use an external sound processor to help people hear. Cochlear implants and hearing aids are both ...

Two Tucson patients participated in a clinical trial to receive Acclaim, the nation’s first fully implanted cochlear implant ...

Cochlear implants are neuroprosthetic devices used to restore hearing in individuals with severe-to-profound hearing loss. These devices use an externally worn audio processor that detects and ...

Cochlear implants enhance sound perception and clarity. Some, like this one, have processors that are worn directly over the implant site and don’t require additional external components.( ...

A girl who was born profoundly deaf says she is proud of her cochlear implants and hopes to see a positive change in the perception of people with hearing loss.Sanemi, 12, could not hear anything when ...

With a typical cochlear implant, the external components include a microphone, a speech processor that enhances voices in the audio picked up by that microphone, and a transmitting coil that rests ...

Cochlear implants transmit actual sound signals through ... It consists of a microphone, which receives sound waves. A speech processor analyzes the sounds and turns them into digital signals.

“The internal device of the traditional cochlear implant has the internal processor, and then it has a small electrode that then travels and gets inserted into the cochlea itself.” He ...

Howitt expressed confidence that the new processor would boost upgrades ... with strong growth in Cochlear implants and Acoustics offset by declines in Services revenue. The company reaffirmed ...

However, cochlear implants today are only partially implanted, and they rely on external hardware that typically sits on the side of the head. These components restrict users, who can't, for ...

A traditional cochlear implant’s external processor requires charging and typically cannot be worn at night, so doctors say that patients often have safety concerns with being unable to hear things ...

A government statement said that the state has identified 1,365 children who required replacement of cochlear implant ...