Articles on Cochlear Implants

I would like to offer a different view of the cochlear implant experience-based on my perspective, after six years experience wearing a cochlear implant. There are many personal...

For 42 years I lived a healthy life. During the winter of 1992, I became very ill. I had a temperature of 103 degrees, strep throat and ear infections. I was treated with...

From the beginning of my discussions about cochlear implants, I thought the greatest benefit would be ''balance'' with regard to hearing. I intended to wear my hearing aid the...

I am 56 years old. I lost my hearing at 12 years of age, exactly 2 months after turning 12. One moment I was hearing and the next I was profoundly deaf (110-120 dB) in ear....

I haven't always been deaf. When I was thirty-something, during the winter of 1967-68 our chimney plugged, and carbon monoxide (CO) entered our home every time the gas cam...

Taylor's story begins on July 30, 1996. That is the day we held him in our arms for the first time. It is also was his birthday. We, however, did not give him life gave us...

Many people have told what it is like to receive a cochlear implant and the miracle of hearing again. But what is it like to live with a cochlear implant on a day to basis?At...

Yes, I am certainly hearing again. Hearing and loving it! After almost 30 years of silence, my cochlear implant has changed my life more than I dreamed, more than I have im...

I am sure that almost everyone who was around in the 1970s remembers Lee Majors in ''The Six Million Dollar Man,'' right? After that show became successful, they Lindsa...

I was totally surprised when I started feeling angry and sad again. After all, I had just been through a process that brought me back into the hearing world, a miracle of...

Address Correspondence to:Eric W. Sargent, M.D.The Michigan Ear Institute30055 Northwestern Hwy, #101Farmington Hills, MI 48334FAX: (248) 865-6161Telephone: 865-4444Email:...

Introduction: The progress made over the last decade in cochlear implants, surgical techniques, and speech processing strategies has been phenomenal. There has been vast...

A cochlear implant is a surgically implantable device that provides hearing sensation to individuals with severe-to-profound hearing loss who do not benefit from hearing aids.