A cochlear implant is an electronic device implanted in the ear's inner side to improve speech understanding. It does not restore hearing; rather, it enhances it. A cochlear implant specialist can ...

An increasing number of children and adults who are deaf are receiving cochlear implants in both ears (bilateral CIs or BiCIs), promoting the possibility of access to binaural cues. However, their ...

Researchers at the University of Iowa have established the various approaches by which people recognize words. In a new study, the researchers tested how people outfitted with cochlear implants, such ...

Cochlear implants have transformed the management of severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss by directly stimulating the auditory nerve, restoring access to sound and speech. Outcomes extend ...