(Reuters) - Cochlear implants can improve speech and quality of life in adults with severe hearing loss - and two implants seem to work better than one, according to a U.S. analysis of past research.

Cochlear implant surgery may take place in a hospital or an outpatient surgical center. You will be put to sleep under general anesthesia during the procedure so you will not feel anything nor ...

A cochlear implant is an electronic device used for people who are severely hard of hearing or deaf. They require surgery to be implanted, but you won’t be able to hear right afterward. The device ...

Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted electronic device designed to improve your ability to hear. Otolarnygologists (ear, nose, and throat doctors) and audiologists recommend cochlear implants ...

Stephanie Watson is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in numerous consumer health publications, including WebMD, Greatist, Healthgrades, HealthCentral, SurvivorNet, Harvard Health ...

A young boy beat the ground with excitement as his cochlear implant was activated – helping him hear his parent’s voices ...

Find a Hearing Aid partner near you. Find a match Find a Hearing Aid partner near you. Approximately 12 million Americans wear hearing aids, while just over 180,000 Americans have cochlear implants.

(Reuters Health) - Even though American veterans are at high risk for the type of hearing loss that may be improved with cochlear implants, many of them live hours from a VA facility that provides ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Smith-Cotton graduate in Sedalia, Missouri walks across the stage after a cochlear implant surgery changed her life more than 15 years ago. It’s a story FOX4 first covered back in ...

"A new adventure of having to get a cochlear implant. I was scared. But once I met Dr. Sweeney and Dr. Schadt, I knew there was nothing to worry about. I have never in my life met such supporting ...

Last year was particularly eventful for the Haas family of Chicago. In addition to the ups and downs of everyday life with two kids, Declan, 3, and Bennett, 8 months, both boys underwent cochlear ...