News tagged with cochlear
Hearing the words beneath the noise
Hearing aids and cochlear implants act as tiny amplifiers so the deaf and hard-of-hearing can make sense of voices and music. Unfortunately, these devices also amplify background sound, so they're less effective in a noisy ...
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Pair of Bionic Ears Helps to Distinguish Left from Right
Can a pair of bionic ears benefit a hearing-impaired child? Cynthia Zettler, a postdoctoral fellow in Ruth Litovsky's laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison thinks so.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 15, 2009 |
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Wis. could be first to require cochlear implants
(AP) -- Wisconsin could become the first state requiring private insurance companies to cover cochlear implants for children with severe hearing problems. The state Legislature passed a bill Thursday requiring private health ...
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Study shows that cochlear implant surgery is safe for the elderly
Contrary to conventional medical wisdom, a new study by NYU Langone Medical Center researchers shows that healthy elderly patients with severe to profound hearing loss can undergo a surgical procedure to receive cochlear ...
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Good vibrations: Devices aid the deaf by translating sound waves to vibrations
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lip reading is a critical means of communication for many deaf people, but it has a drawback: Certain consonants (for example, p and b) can be nearly impossible to distinguish by sight alone.
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Cochlear Implants Offer Kids A Gift Beyond Hearing
(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, hearing scientists have known that cochlear implants improve the communication of children who receive them. What they didn’t know was whether the children and their parents perceived ...
Feb 18, 2009 |
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