Cochlear implants help improve hearing for individuals with profound hearing loss. Medicare covers cochlear implants for individuals who meet eligibility requirements. Cochlear implants help people ...

Adult hearing loss is undertreated, but cochlear implant technology through programs like one at Northwestern University is ...

Hearing loss among older adults remains vastly undertreated. Federal epidemiologists have estimated that it affects about one ...

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 ...

In 1987, at the age of 22 months, Caitlin Parton became very ill with meningitis and ultimately lost her hearing. Her parents, Melody James-Parton and Steve Parton, grieved over their daughter’s ...

Six years ago Hope Koch’s life began to change dramatically. A pianist since the age of 5, she knew something was wrong when listening to music became difficult. That’s when the 70-year-old wife and ...

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 ...

Two Chattanooga practices that offer hearing healthcare services, Johnson Audiology and Associates in ENT, have teamed up to give citizens in the greater Chattanooga area a complete continuum of care ...

For the first time, robots have successfully performed a tricky, delicate operation that helped implant a hearing device into a deaf woman's ear, according to a new study. A 51-year-old woman who was ...

The audiologist clicked a link on her computer screen, and 10-month-old Dennis Hill perked up. His eyes began to dart around the room. “Denny?” his mom said. “Can you hear me?” his dad said, as a ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Southern California mom went the extra mile to make her daughter, who was born deaf, feel special for her fifth birthday. Idania Vergara customized 18 Barbie dolls to wear ...

Hearing Loss Association of America, Chattanooga Chapter will present “Cochlear Implant Surgery and Follow Up Now Available in Chattanooga” on Sunday, March 15, at the Ronald McDonald House, 200 ...