NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Canadian researchers have found that over the last 20 years, three percent of deaf children who got cochlear implants at their hospital needed new ones because of technical ...

Dec 22 (Reuters) - Problems with cochlear implants for deaf children are rare, with only some three percent of children who got the implants at one hospital needing new ones because of technical ...

Deaf children with cochlear implants are at increased risk for developmental delays in memory and higher thinking, a new study finds. A cochlear implant is an implanted device that helps provide a ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The stigma surrounding aging and hearing loss presents a challenge for some. "'I'm wearing hearing aids or I'm wearing a cochlear implant: it means that I'm old'. So a lot of ...

For the past few months, Rush Limbaugh fans have followed his ordeal with sudden hearing loss. Many were pleasantly surprised when the talker announced how well he was hearing thanks to his new ...

An international group of hearing specialists has released a new set of recommendations emphasizing that cochlear implants should be offered to adults who have moderate to severe or worse hearing loss ...

Patients with single-sided deafness or asymmetric hearing loss often have associated problems like identifying where sounds originate, maintaining balance, speech recognition and hearing in complex ...

World Hearing Day highlights the importance of early detection and treatment to prevent hearing loss in children.