Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steven covers accessibility and assistive technologies. Late last month, cochlear implant maker Cochlear announced a coalition ...

LONE TREE, Colo., July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH), the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, today announced the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of ...

Cochlear implants (CIs) have revolutionised auditory rehabilitation by electrically stimulating the auditory nerve, thereby restoring a functional sense of hearing in individuals with severe hearing ...

Cochlear implants have long represented a transformative intervention for individuals with severe sensorineural hearing loss by directly stimulating spiral ganglion neurons. Nonetheless, the ...

Cochlear reaffirmed guidance for FY 2025 underlying net profit between $410 million and $430 million, though it expects to achieve the lower end of this range. The revision is driven by weaker ...

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 ...

When my daughter was 3 months old we found out she had significant hearing loss in one ear. We chose not to go through with a cochlear implant because there were no guarantees. We decided it should be ...

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 ...

Engaging the brain’s plasticity by stimulating the locus coeruleus, a region in the brainstem, could be a clinically relevant approach to optimize the efficacy of cochlear implants in restoring ...

Oticon Medical’s ears must be burning after parent company Demant struck a deal to divest the implant business in a sale to fellow hearing technology developer Cochlear. Copenhagen-based Demant will ...

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 ...