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Second Cochlear Implant Surgery Improves Quality of Life in Children
Monday, February 6th 2012
Study shows children see increase in quality of life after receiving bilateral cochlear implants
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Cochlear Implants: Infrared Light Improves Signals to the Brain
Wednesday, March 30th 2011
Researchers have discovered that infrared light can cause the inner ear to send signals to the brain, which could mean improvements to cochlear implants in the future.
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Hearing Loss Treatment: New Cochlear Implant Being Tested
Friday, January 14th 2011
A new study will investigate whether hybrid cochlear implants will help individuals with high-frequency hearing loss.
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New Cochlear Implant: One for Both Ears Tested in UK
Friday, October 15th 2010
The UK’s first operation to fit a single cochlear implant capable of giving sound in both ears takes place at the South of England Cochlear Implant Centre (SOECIC), based at the University of Southampton. A cochlear implant is an electronic device that can help both adults and children who have a severe to profound hearing loss.
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Foundations and Grants: CHI/NIH Cochlear Implants Study Announced
Wednesday, October 13th 2010
Children's Hearing Institute announced that The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary has been awarded a National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders grant to study how children with cochlear implants acquire language to improve and optimize therapies.
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Cochlear Implants For Children: Status Not Associated With Access
Sunday, September 5th 2010
A new reports shows that poor children with hearing loss appear to have equal access to cochlear implants, but have more complications and worse compliance with follow-up regimens than children with higher socioeconomic status.
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Cochlear Implants in Children: HEI Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Saturday, August 7th 2010
House Ear Institute (HEI) celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the first pediatric cochlear implant. HEI received FDA approval for a clinical trial in July 1980 to implant three patients under the age of 18 with the single-channel cochlear implant. The single-channel device had been developed at HEI by William House, M.D., in the 1960s and successfully implanted in adults.
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Tubes in Ear: Safe With Cochlear Implants in Children
Thursday, July 29th 2010
Ear tubes to treat infections does not appear to adversely affect children with cochlear implants, regardless of whether the tubes are left in place or removed before implantation
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Cochlear Implants: Benefits for Older Adults
Tuesday, June 15th 2010
New research reveal that older adults appear to benefit significantly from cochlear implants. Cochlear implants have become an accepted treatment for adults with age-related hearing loss or the progression of early-onset hearing loss.
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Cochlear Implants Pros: The Impact of Surgical Timing
Friday, May 14th 2010
Receiving a cochlear implant before 18 months of age dramatically improves a deaf child's ability to hear, understand and, eventually, speak, according to a multicenter study led by scientists at Johns Hopkins.
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Pros Of Cochlear Implants: Education & Employment Opportunities
Thursday, May 6th 2010
Although deaf children who receive cochlear implants appear more likely to fail early grades in school, they ultimately achieve educational and employment levels similar to their normal-hearing peers, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery.
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Cochlear Implants: Auditory Brainstem Implant Study
Friday, April 30th 2010
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.”
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Cochlear Implants: New Tool Offers Maximum Precision
Tuesday, April 20th 2010
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.
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Pros Of Cochlear Implants: Improved Word Learning Skills
Tuesday, April 6th 2010
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.
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Children with Cochlear Implants Have Quality of Life Equal to Normal Hearing Peers
Tuesday, March 16th 2010
Alexandria, VA ? Children who have cochlear implants (CI) rank their quality of life (QOL) equal to their normally hearing (NH) peers, indicates new...
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Rady Children's Hospital to Offer Assistive Technology Workshop for Teens-Parents
Tuesday, March 16th 2010
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...
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New Chief Medical Officer Joins Cochlear to Advance Standard of Care for Cochlear Implantation
Monday, March 15th 2010
Centennial, Colo., (February 19, 2010) ? Cochlear, the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, announced today its appointment of Peter Weber,...
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Lip It Skinit, Connect It and More with New Accessories from Advanced Bionics
Tuesday, March 2nd 2010
VALENCIA, Calif., February 5, 2010 ? Advanced Bionics® recently introduced several new accessories that will make using their behind-the-ear (BTE) sound processors more...
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Study: Second Cochlear Implant Can Restore Two Important Facets of Binaural Hearing
Sunday, February 28th 2010
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...
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Advanced Bionics Launches "Connect to Mentor" Site for Prospective Cochlear Implant Recipients
Monday, February 22nd 2010
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...
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Complications Common, Often Linked to Trauma in Children Receiving Cochlear Implants
Saturday, February 20th 2010
Chicago - Some complications may occur in children receiving cochlear implants, and are highly correlated with trauma to the ear area and inner ear...
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Cochlear Implants Associated With Improved Voice Control Over Time in Children Who Are Deaf
Thursday, February 18th 2010
Chicago - Children with cochlear implants in both ears appear to have difficulty controlling the loudness and pitch of their voices, but these measures improve...
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Music Therapy Can Assist Toddlers' Communication Rehabilitation Process
Tuesday, February 16th 2010
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...
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NIDCD Grantee Receives NIH Challenge Grant To Study Hybrid Cochlear Implant
Wednesday, February 3rd 2010
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...
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Scientists Set Their Sights on Hearing Breakthrough for Babies
Thursday, January 28th 2010
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...
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