Hearing Aid Technology

UT Dallas Study Links Devices With an Overall Improved Quality of Life Feb. 18, 2009 - For years, hearing scientists have known that cochlear implants improve the communication...

General anesthesia can be tolerated by patients older than 65 New York - February 26, 2009 - Contrary to conventional medical wisdom, a new study by NYU Langone Medical Center...

Lip reading is a critical means of communication for many deaf people, but it has a drawback: Certain consonants (for example, p and b) can be nearly impossible to distinguish by...

The cochlear implant is a remarkable technology that helps people with severe hearing loss to understand speech, even when on the telephone. Listening to music, however-even a...

Free Rehabilitation Programs Expand BRIDGE to Better Communication  Durham, NC - (February 12, 2009) - MED-EL Corporation announced today that the company has launched a...

Research Reinforces Importance Of Early Detection And Intervention (Rockville, MD - January 29, 2009) Research reported in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of Speech,...

Beijing, China, January 15, 2009 - Cochlear Limited, West China Hospital and the House Ear Institute have joined forces to commence a landmark project to study the long-term...

NPR to Receive Stevie Wonder "Vision Free Award" at CES Captioned, Braille, and Radio Reading Service Radios will Serve Millions of Hearing and Visually Disabled Worldwide;...

Cochlear Americas invites you to share your next family vacation with them in Disneyland! The third Cochlear Celebration takes place March 26-29, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Orange...

Alexandria, VA - Patients with cochlear implants may want to steer clear of certain magnetic imaging devices, such as 3T MRI machines, because the machines can demagnetize the...

Leipzig, Germany, October 15, 2008 - iSense, the new wireless communication system, optimizes speech comprehension in noisy environments. The system was designed specifically for...

Sprint Nextel has announced efforts to adapt its services for the hearing loss community. The carrier has launched Sprint WebCapTel On the Go, a no charge mobile Web-based...

Chicago, IL Security in the courtroom just improved as non-secure assisted listening devices (ALD) for the hard of hearing (HoH) are being replaced by a wireless High-Defi...

Chicago, IL In the six decades since French and American surgeons implanted the first cochlear hearing devices, the procedure in children has become reliable, safe, relatively...

Chicago, IL Despite previous inconclusive research, geriatric patients do experience significant quality of life improvement (QOL) after receiving cochlear implants for lo...

No. People with all degrees and types of hearing loss -- even people with normal hearing -- can benefit from assistive listening devices. Some assistive listening devices used...

A cochlear implant works by electrically stimulating the hearing nerves. When a patient receives a cochlear implant, it means their ear is not working in a typical or way....

Generally speaking, cochlear implants are for patients with severe-to-profound, sensorineural hearing loss. There are approximately 500,000 patients in the USA with...

Middle ear implants are surgically implanted devices. Particular middle ear implants have been approved by the FDA for specific hearing losses, such as chronic middle ear...

There are many assistive listening devices available today, from sophisticated systems used in theaters and auditoriums to small personal systems.Various kinds of assistive...

In general, cochlear implants are used to allow deaf people to hear. Although many people who are "hearing impaired" or "hard of hearing" believe they are...

A Personal Cochlear Implant Story. Our website at www.healthyhearing.com contains many user stories about successful hearing aid and cochlear implant users. We wanted to share one with you.

Find out if you are a candidate for a cochlear implant. An evaluation at a cochlear implant center a facility that specializes in cochlear implants can determine if you are a candidate. Cochlear implant treatment has rapidly advanced over the years.

The sound processor creates a coded signal. The transmitting coil sends a signal wirelessly across the skin. The receiver/stimulator activates the electrodes and stimulates the auditory/hearing nerve. The auditory nerve sends the signal to the brain.

Well, the networks are rolling out their new offerings for the fall viewing season and the question is: are you ready for some football? Or, more specifically, are your hearing...