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 ...

Ray Cathey is on a journey from silence to new sounds. Cathey's hearing took a pounding when he was an air rescue paramedic during the Vietnam War. "When you're in helicopters all the time and you've ...

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More older adults have turned to cochlear implants after Medicare expanded eligibility for the devices. By Paula Span Kitty Grutzmacher had contended with poor hearing for a decade, but the problem ...

11-year-old DuJuan Broadus is the first U.S. patient to receive a MED-EL FLEX34 cochlear implant, designed for those with a larger cochlea. The new implant allows for a wider range of frequencies, ...

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 ...

What is the cochlear implant 60-60 rule? The 60-60 rule refers to specific standards a person must meet to qualify for cochlear implants. The first 60 refers to the pure-tone average (PTA). A ...

Dongfeng Nissan’s new N7 BEV. Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company Ltd (Dongfeng Nissan), one of Nissan Motor’s vehicle manufacturing joint ventures in China, announced that it had received more ...

TUCSON, AZ (AZFamily) — A major medical breakthrough could help people experiencing hearing loss across the nation and worldwide. Two Tucson patients participated in a clinical trial to receive the ...

The sleek new electric sedan is off to a hot start. Nissan announced its new N7 EV set a new record in China on Thursday, with over 10,000 orders in just 18 days. Nissan N7 EV off to a record start as ...

Nissan reveals N7 sedan in China, to be produced with partner Dongfeng, and which will be available with 58- or 73-kWh batteries. The N7 is slated to start at 160,000 yuan, which translates to about ...