The installation of a cochlear implant is a tricky procedure, in which certain nerves may be damaged if the surgeon isn't sufficiently careful. A new "smart" surgical drill is designed to help, by ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – The first cochlear implant procedure in North Alabama has been performed at Crestwood Medical Center, hospital officials said on Tuesday. The procedure was done at the ...

When she’s not working as a regulatory coordinator to help launch clinical trials in the Department of Pediatrics, Oncology and Hematology Research Group at University of Utah Health, Mindy Torman ...

AIIMS-Jodhpur's ENT department successfully performed a bilateral cochlear implant surgery on a nine-month-old infant in a single session, a procedure believed to be a first for a government ...

Cochlear implantation is an established surgical procedure that has transformed the rehabilitation of individuals with profound hearing loss. The technique involves the placement of an electronic ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Dr. Alan Micco, Chief of the Section of ...

Common surgical options for hearing loss may include cochlear implants, or possibly a mastoidectomy, ossiculoplasty, stapedectomy, or tympanoplasty. Hearing loss is a condition that can affect people ...

The Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret has successfully performed the first cochlear implant surgery on a patient. MTRH on Wednesday, June 21 announced the inaugural surgery (cochlear) that ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The risk of complications from general anesthesia is not especially high for elderly patients having a cochlear implant inserted to correct deafness, according to a new ...