NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Findings from a study conducted in rats suggest that cochlear implants, which are used to treat severe hearing loss, can cause meningitis -- inflammation of the membrane ...

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When she’s not working as a regulatory coordinator to help launch clinical trials in the Department of Pediatrics, Oncology and Hematology Research Group at University of Utah Health, Mindy Torman ...

The use of cochlear implants to treat children and adults with severe sensorineural hearing loss has made "incredible progress" over recent years, according to Christopher Bohr, MD, PhD, director of ...

Hearing loss has more impacts on an elderly person than you might think. Whether it’s your dad, your grandmother, your spouse, or even you, we all know someone who suffers from age-related hearing ...

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 ...

Ten-month-old Amir Hayden sits on his mother’s lap inside a sound-proof booth at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals audiology clinic in Oakland, as audiologist Sarah Coulthurst, MS, takes him through a ...

Older Australians with Cochlear hearing implants are being left without access to critical technology upgrades, prompting a ...