The chips aren’t earmarked for video game applications just yet, but Valve and the wider games industry are eyeing plenty of ...

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 ...

Cochlear implants are small hearing devices fitted under the skin behind the ear during surgery. They have an external sound processor and internal parts, including a receiver coil, an electronics ...

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.( ...

The Cochlear Implant Surgery and “Switch-On” “Zahra ... During this session, the external speech processor was activated, allowing her to hear sound for the first time since the onset ...

less than a third of those with hearing difficulties had ever heard of a cochlear implant. Those implants, which have been around since the mid-1980s, were basically a speech processor ...

“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 ...

Technological advancements, such as improved sound processors and minimally invasive implantation procedures, have made cochlear implants more accessible and appealing to adults.

MED-EL USA, a leader in implantable hearing solutions, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration approved the new SONNET 3 audio processor for MED-EL cochlear implants. SONNET 3 is the ...

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 ...

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 ...