Single-sided deafness (SSD) is characterised by a severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss in one ear, with normal or near‐normal hearing in the contralateral ear. Traditionally, management ...

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MED-EL USA announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company’s cochlear implant system for single-sided deafness (SSD) and ...

LONE TREE, Colo., Jan. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH), the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, obtained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Cochlear™ ...

Single-sided deafness (SSD) is a hearing impairment that affects at least one in every 1,000 babies born. These infants have severe-to-profound hearing loss in one ear with normal or near-normal ...

TAMPA, Fla. – Many think of cochlear implants as being mostly for older patients, but one doctor at Tampa General Hospital is pushing to make them more accessible for even the youngest patients.

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 ...

Parents of deaf children often do their best to integrate their children into school. However, there are deaf people who don't want to hear... Who are the students fitted with hearing aids in school ...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Tracy Peachmann stood in front of a class looking back at her with inquisitive eyes. After one too many of those moments, she accepted her hearing impairment had become too ...

Youth with congenital deafness treated with gene therapy showed better progress on certain hearing measures than counterparts treated with cochlear implantation in a cohort study from China. Gene ...

Single-sided deafness (SSD) is a hearing impairment that affects at least one in every 1,000 babies born. These infants have severe-to-profound hearing loss in one ear with normal or near-normal ...