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

A cochlear implant is an electronic device that helps people with severe hearing loss who can't benefit from regular hearing aids. It has two parts: An implant placed in the inner ear during surgery ...

Without technology Sanemi, who lives near Cambridge, would not be able to hear a helicopter even if it was next to her, and said she was "very proud to have my bionic ears".

Cochlear implants have replaced the parts of Sanemi's inner ears that do not work and a sound processor has been put behind her ears. Sounds are picked up by the processor and sent to the implant.

Technically, the implant does not return normal hearing. Rather, it uses a microphone, transmitter, electrode, and speech processor to simulate normal hearing. Users of cochlear implants may take some ...

Children who had received cochlear implants under the government policy, but have had the speech processor broken or malfunctioning, will be covered. A government statement said that the state has ...