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Cochlear Implants

Cochlear implant a surgically implanted device is suitable for those with damaged inner ear (cochlea). It helps people with moderate to profound hearing loss.

How Does a Cochlear Implant Benefit Deaf Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder?

How Does a Cochlear Implant Benefit Deaf Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder?

A new study found that a cochlear implant in deaf children with autism may improve language skills and social engagement.

Work from Home Leading to Eye, Hearing Problems

Work from Home Leading to Eye, Hearing Problems

Work from home is causing eye and ear problems among children, adolescents and young adults. Doctors pointed out that all these complaints are linked to use of headphones at higher volume, mobile and laptops.

New Cochlear Implant Device Allows Safe MRI in Children

New Cochlear Implant Device Allows Safe MRI in Children

Patients with cochlear implants require sedation during MRI, to perform the additional surgery to remove the magnet. The latest cochlear implant from MED-EL, incorporates a unique design change that allows them to undergo MRI with no discomfort and reduced need for sedation or anesthesia

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Why Do We Temporarily Face Hearing Problems After Listening To Loud Music?

Why Do We Temporarily Face Hearing Problems After Listening To Loud Music?

Why is it that we can’t hear for some time after coming from a rock concert? In this study, it is believed that the presence of calcium ions in the tiny structure in the cochlea controls it all.

Do Hearing Problems Cause Memory Loss?

Do Hearing Problems Cause Memory Loss?

People with central hearing loss were twice as likely to have mild cognitive impairment as people who had no hearing loss.

Cisplatin Ototoxicity can be prevented by targeting a region of Cochlea

Cisplatin Ototoxicity can be prevented by targeting a region of Cochlea

A chemotherapeutic drug-induced deafness might be prevented by targeting stria vascularis a region of the cochlea. The drug which induces this hearing loss is cisplatin.

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Learning Difficulties in Kids Can Be Linked To Hearing Problems

Learning Difficulties in Kids Can Be Linked To Hearing Problems

Children with dyslexia find it difficult to read and speak. But a recent study found that repeated ear infection causing hearing problems was the reason.

Exploring Surgical Approaches to Cochlear Implant Hearing Preservation

Exploring Surgical Approaches to Cochlear Implant Hearing Preservation

Long-term hearing preservation and better performance is observed to be more in cochlear implants that have electrodes designed without wire than those with wires.

Nicotine Exposure In Pregnancy can Cause Hearing Problem in Kids

Nicotine Exposure In Pregnancy can Cause Hearing Problem in Kids

Mothers who smoke have an increased risk of premature delivery, decreased child birth weight, and an increased rate of sudden infant death.

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People With Cochlear Implants Can Listen to Specialized Music Soon

People With Cochlear Implants Can Listen to Specialized Music Soon

Cochlear implants are designed to process speech, which is a much simpler auditory signal compared with music.

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Types Of Hearing Aids - Bte, Ite, Canal & Cochlear Implants

Types Of Hearing Aids - Bte, Ite, Canal & Cochlear Implants

Hearing aids are based on the same principles and carry sound from the environment to the ear. However there are several types of hearing aids depending upon the sizes and the style in which they are placed in the ear.

Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy

Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy

Vestibular rehabilitation therapy is an exercise based program to ease symptoms related to vestibular disorders.

Anatomy of Ear and Hearing - Animation

Anatomy of Ear and Hearing - Animation

Ear converts sound waves into electrical impulses that are transmitted to the temporal lobe of the brain through the auditory nerve. It consists of outer, inner and middle sections.

Hearing Loss Symptom Evaluation

Hearing Loss Symptom Evaluation

Hearing loss is a common problem that could occur in childhood or often develops with age or is caused by repeated exposure to loud noises. Keep abreast on its causes and symptoms.

Audiometry or the hearing test helps to determine the ability of a person to hear various sounds and consequently identify the location of damage in a person with diminished hearing sensitivity.

Tinnitus is the perception of ringing, hissing, or other sound within the ears when no corresponding external sound is present.