Cochlear implants represent a transformative approach to restoring auditory perception in individuals with severe to profound hearing loss. These devices function by bypassing damaged hair cells and ...

Hearing loss doesn't just affect how people hear the world - it can also change how they connect with it. A new study from the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, part of ...

Recognizing spoken words is a split-second competition, and a new study defines how people approach that competition and ultimately recognize words. The researchers identified three main approaches by ...

Ten-month-old Amir Hayden sits on his mother’s lap inside a sound-proof booth at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals audiology clinic in Oakland, as audiologist Sarah Coulthurst, MS, takes him through a ...

But, Hearing loss is so severe, it is now viewed as public health issue, with some 66,000 people losing their hearing every year. Some simply wake up no longer being able to hear, for no apparent ...