Surgeons at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital have made history as the first in the D.C. region to implant the world's ...

Cognitive function and speech perception in older adults with severe hearing loss improved after receiving a cochlear implant, according to a new study. Belgium researchers conducted the study to ...

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ANAHEIM HILLS, Calif. (KABC) -- Cochlear implants to help those with profound hearing loss have been around for decades, but patients are getting younger and younger. One Anaheim Hills infant is one ...

DuJuan Broadus couldn't believe how loud the birds outside his bedroom window sounded. The buzzing of the cicadas near his grandmother’s home in Georgetown was almost overwhelming. Having unknowingly ...

The cochlear implant systems that we know today with small designs and built-in future-ready technology have come a long way since Austrian scientists Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair began working on ...

In 2018 I visited twins in Bangalore, India who had recently underwent cochlear implant surgery. Their surgery had taken place the previous month and their implants had been activated, or turned on, a ...

11-year-old DuJuan Broadus is the first U.S. patient to receive a MED-EL FLEX34 cochlear implant, designed for those with a larger cochlea. The new implant allows for a wider range of frequencies, ...