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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Jessica Cosgrove was only three years old when she had surgery to insert a cochlear implant hearing device. The Australian Sign Language (Auslan) lecturer still remembers the shock of what happened ...

Hearing aids and cochlear implants can restore hearing and improve overall well-being. A new analysis has found that, for people with hearing loss, wearing their hearing aid or having a cochlear ...

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 ...