Social Media Ideas for Cochlear Implants

Study supports earlier access to cochlear implants for children with hearing loss

Children with severe hearing loss may benefit from cochlear implants at younger ages and under broader eligibility criteria than previously recognized, according to a multicenter s...

Med-El Launches TICI Unico, a Totally Invisible Cochlear Implant

Med-El has officially launched the TICI Unico, the first-to-market totally implantable cochlear implant designed to operate completely beneath the skin without any external compone...

Study Supports Expanding Pediatric Cochlear Implant Candidacy to Younger Ages and Residual Hearing

A new multicenter study demonstrates strong efficacy outcomes for cochlear implants in children as young as 7 months and those with residual hearing, adding clinical weight to call...

When to refer a child for cochlear implant candidacy

Pediatric hearing loss is far more common than many recognize, standing as one of the most frequent congenital conditions diagnosed in the United States. Data from the Centers for...

Cochlear Surpasses 1 Million Hours of Patient Experience in Fully Implantable Hearing Technology Program

Cochlear has completed worldwide pivotal trial recruitment for its fully implantable cochlear implant system, with patients accumulating more than 1 million hours of experience acr...

Implant Improves Speech After Brain Injury

THURSDAY, Aug. 27, 2026 — A brain implant might be able to improve speech and swallowing problems that can occur following a traumatic brain injury, a new study says. The implant d...

Honda Prize 2026 Awarded to Cochlear Implant Pioneers

The Honda Foundation has named Prof Graeme M. Clark and Dr Ingeborg Hochmair as joint recipients of the 2026 Honda Prize, recognizing their roles in advancing the multichannel coch...

Cochlear Nucleus Nexa System Named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026 List

Cochlear Limited's Nucleus Nexa System has been named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026 list for its innovative, upgradeable internal firmware.

Zambia records first cochlear implant in historic surgery at UTH

ZAMBIA has made history with its first-ever cochlear implant surgery performed at the University Teaching Hospitals Adult Hospital. The procedure was done on a 20-year-old woman wh...

Anker RIC Hearing Aids Use AI To Improve Speech Clarity In Noisy Social Environments

Anker is entering the hearing-aid market with the Anker RIC Hearing Aids, its first over-the-counter receiver-in-canal hearing aid for adults with perceived mild to moderate hearin...

Gene therapy helps doctors restore hearing for children born deaf

A major medical triumph is now giving some children born deaf the ability to hear.

Rocking New Hearing Aids

NEA Awards $90,000 to CymaSpace for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Music Education Research

Portland-based nonprofit CymaSpace has received a $90,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to fund a year-long study on cochlear implant programming for music percept...

What Is It Like to Wear Hearing Aids?

Hearing aids don't just sit in your ear. They retrain your brain—and knowing what to expect makes all the difference.

Gene therapy helps doctors restore hearing for children born deaf

A major medical triumph is now giving some children born deaf the ability to hear.

‘I Have a Lot to Say’: Brain Implant Helps a Disabled Patient Speak

In the latest advance in brain-computer interfaces, a company said its wireless device enabled speech even when a patient just imagined saying words.

UNC Researchers Develop Technique to Reduce fMRI Acoustic Noise

A new fMRI acquisition method developed at the University of North Carolina reduces peak scan noise from levels exceeding 120 decibels.

HearUSA Adds Signia Pure C&G MaX to Nationwide Hearing Aid Portfolio

The new receiver-in-canal device runs on Signia's Multi-adaptive Xperience platform, which uses four deep neural networks to simultaneously process speech, noise, environmental con...

The Best Hearing Aids I’ve Tested (2026): Jabra, Resound, Apple, and More

These WIRED-tested devices will help you hear sounds more clearly. Never miss out on a dinner conversation again.

Tiny implants use the body as a communication network

A new system sends faint electrical pulses through tissue instead of over Bluetooth. In rats, it made the animals flex one of their hind legs on cue when one of their front paws mo...

Elehear Introduces Beyond 2 Pro OTC Hearing Aids

Elehear's Beyond 2 Pro receiver-in-canal OTC hearing device features upgraded VocClear 3.0 sound processing, Auracast support, and integrated tele-audiology services.

Study: DNN Denoising in Hearing Aids May Preserve Mandarin Lexical Tone Perception in Noise

New research suggests deep neural network denoising can help hearing aid users maintain categorical perception of Mandarin tones in challenging listening environments.

ACI Alliance Releases Free Medicaid Toolkit Ahead of Expected Federal Funding Cuts

The six-module online resource is designed to help audiologists, CI surgeons, and advocates protect cochlear implant coverage as OBBBA-driven Medicaid changes take effect as early...

Cearvol Wave OTC Hearing Aids Review

I’ve hit that point where I say “what?” more often than I should. Crowded restaurants turn conversations into a garbled mix of clinking glasses, background chatter, and whatever se...