News on Hearing Aid Technology

Researchers are working with an investigational device that will enable people who have lost hearing in both ears to still be able to process certain types of noise. The device bypasses structures within the ear and works by stimulating the brainstem, which sends a message to the brain that a noise has been "heard.”

A team of engineers from the CEIT-IK4 technological centre and doctors from the University Hospital of Navarra have designed a new tool for operating on the inner ear with maximum precision, reducing the possibility of damage to the auditory function during the surgery.

A growing body of evidence points to the importance of early auditory input for developing language skills. An Indiana University Department of Otolaryngology study found that deaf children's word-learning skills were strongly affected by their early auditory experience.

On Friday, February 19, 2010, HLAA along with other consumer and industry representatives attended a meeting of the Digital Closed Captioning & Video Description Technical...

Alexandria, VA ? Children who have cochlear implants (CI) rank their quality of life (QOL) equal to their normally hearing (NH) peers, indicates new...

San Diego, CA. March 1, 2010 - An upcoming workshop at Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego will focus on familiarizing teens with cochlear implants and their with...

Centennial, Colo., (February 19, 2010) ? Cochlear, the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, announced today its appointment of Peter Weber,...

SignOn: A Sign Language Interpreting Resource, Inc., (SignOn), a Seattle-based corporation, and Alternative Communication Services, LLC, (ACS), of Illinois announce a...

VALENCIA, Calif., February 5, 2010 ? Advanced Bionics® recently introduced several new accessories that will make using their behind-the-ear (BTE) sound processors more...

by David Tenenbaum Cochlear implants are electronic devices that stimulate auditory nerves directly, bypassing damage in the inner ear, and thus restoring some hearing. Although...

Valencia, Calif., May 15, 2009 - In the first such online community of its kind, Advanced Bionics®, the only U.S.-based manufacturer of cochlear implants (or...

Chicago - Some complications may occur in children receiving cochlear implants, and are highly correlated with trauma to the ear area and inner ear...

Chicago - Children with cochlear implants in both ears appear to have difficulty controlling the loudness and pitch of their voices, but these measures improve...

Music therapy can assist in the speech acquisition process in toddlers who have undergone cochlear implantation, as revealed in a new study by Dr. Dikla Kerem of the University...

For many of the roughly 36 million American adults with some degree of hearing loss, a hearing aid does not provide enough help, and a cochlear implant risks permanently losing...

11 December 2009 - The first year to two years of life is a critical time for hearing impaired children and their language development. Whilst young babies...

Envoy Medical, a Minnesota corporation, has developed the first Fully Implantable Hearing Restoration System known as the Esteem®. On December 18th, an Advisory Panel of...

Valencia, Calif. (PRWEB) December 9, 2009 -- Advanced Bionics® (http://www.advancedbionics.com), the only U.S.-based manufacturer of cochlear implants (or "bionic...

Mountain View, Calif. - In the first major step toward making millions of videos on YouTube accessible to deaf and hearing-impaired people,

Dallas, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - For people with hearing and speech loss, communicating with callers who can speak and hear just went real time,...

Sonova Holding AG, the world's leading provider of hearing systems, announced today that it has entered into a share purchase agreement with the shareholders of Advanced Bionics...

Oct. 6, 2009 - For decades, cochlear implants have made it possible for children who are deaf to enter a hearing world. But hearing is just one piece of the...

Aug. 4, 2009 - Adults with severe hearing loss benefit from pairing a cochlear implant in one ear with a hearing aid in the other ear, even though the sound signals from each...

Life-Changing Technology Restores Hearing in People with Severe-to-Profound Hearing Loss Centennial, Colo., (September 8, 2009) - Cochlear, the global leader in implantable...

Richardson, Texas (Aug. 13, 2009) - Having two ears is not just a matter of doubling the amount of sound you would hear with one ear. And yet you might not know that from the way...