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 ...

For many people with significant hearing loss, everyday conversations can feel like tuning into a distant radio station. The sound comes through, but you struggle to hear and understand clear words.

"This is a whole new world for us and for our baby,” Beth Summers said when son Ben received his cochlear implants at 9 months old. - Jacqueline Howard/CNN Ben Summers lights up with a smile the ...

The decision to place cochlear implants in both ears at the same time in young children may better shape brain development ...

(CNN) — Ben Summers lights up with a smile the moment he talks about the “Batman” theme song or the afternoons he spends playing the piano at his grandmother’s house. Just a few years ago, Ben could ...

Ben Summers lights up with a smile the moment he talks about the “Batman” theme song or the afternoons he spends playing the piano at his grandmother’s house. Just a few years ago, Ben could not hear ...

Medical technology company MED-EL announced Thursday that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved expanding the use of its Synchrony cochlear implants to children as young as 7 months who ...