Search For "cochlea"
World Hearing Day: Bhutan Health Ministry takes initiative to screen heari
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Bhutan ministry will offer free digital hearing aids to everyone who have some hearing loss. Also, the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) has begun performing cochlear implant procedures for people who have severe hearing loss
Read More
Bhutan carries out its first cochlear implant surgeries
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The cochlear implant surgeries were conducted by a team comprising two German doctors, a Bhutanese doctor and other medical staff.
Read More
Brain flexibility may hasten hearing improvements from cochlear implants
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Kickstarting the brain's natural ability to adjust to new circumstances, or neuroplasticity, improves how effectively a cochlear implant can restore hearing loss, a new study in deaf rats shows. The investigation, researchers say, may help explain the extreme variation in hearing improvement
Read More
WeCare performs Cochlear Implant on a 6-year old Hearing-Impaired
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], December 14 (ANI/ATK): WeCare Multispeciality Hospital has performed two Cochlear implant surgeries, one of which on a six year old child from Jind with hearing disability.
Read More
Study reveals how the inner ear discerns low-frequency sound
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 25 (ANI): The way in which we experience music and speech differ from what has until now been believed. The results may make it possible to design better cochlear implants.
Read More
Deaf children with autism can improve language and social skills with coch
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Chicago [US], December 24 (ANI): A study has found that children with hearing impairment and autism can restore hearing through cochlear implantation and it can help them understand spoken language and enhance social interactions.
Read More
Study shows language is language to baby brains, signed or spoken
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 30 (ANI): Parents of deaf babies are often told to give them cochlear implant surgery to prevent cognitive delays. A new study has shown that it's the early exposure to language, not sound, that helps with normal brain development.
Read More
To baby brains, language is language, signed or spoken: Study
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 27 (ANI): Parents of deaf babies are often encouraged to give them cochlear implant surgery to prevent cognitive delays. Researchers have shown that it's the early exposure to language, not sound, that helps with normal brain development.
Read More
Cochlear Foundation launches global partnership with Malala Fund to remove
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], September 22 (ANI/PRNewswire): Malala Fund and hearing health not-for-profit Cochlear Foundation have partnered to raise awareness about the barriers keeping millions of young people with hearing loss from accessing a quality education.
Read More
Study reveals experimental hearing implant succeeds in registering brain w
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 30 (ANI): A team of researchers has succeeded for the first time in measuring brain waves directly via a cochlear implant. These brainwaves indicate in an objective way how good or bad a person's hearing is.
Read More
Book 'Speak-A-Boo' and Documentary 'Talk To Your Child' released by Dr. Ne
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], January 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): In a world where personal connections have taken a backseat and conversations have mostly gone digital, an effort was made to emphasize on the importance of effective communication with children, as noted authors, journalists and behavi
Read More
Panchkula's first cochlear implant surgery performed at Paras Hospitals
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Panchkula (Haryana) [India] April 17 (ANI/PRNewswire): To create awareness on hearing loss in children and cochlear implant surgery, a team of doctors from Paras Super Specialty Hospital Panchkula addressed the media person today.
Read More