According to the CDC, CMV is the leading infectious cause of birth defects in the United States and can have lifelong ...

A 5-year-old born with bilateral microtia had a priceless reaction when she received a new cochlear hearing implant, the ...

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is the most prevalent form of permanent hearing loss, affecting over 6% of the global ...

We encounter many kinds of noise everywhere we go. Depending on sound levels and duration of exposure, some noise can affect hearing long-term. In fact, noise exposure is one of the most common ...

Federal health officials revealed that three chicken fettuccine alfredo products sold at Walmart and Kroger are the cause of ...

I first began to go deaf several years ago when I developed Meniere’s disease, which damaged my inner ear and affected my ...

The brain may play a role in helping the ear regulate its sensitivity to sound and compensate for hearing loss by sending a signal to a structure in the inner ear known as the cochlea, according ...

The virus found its way into the inner ear via the cochlear aqueduct, delivered a gene therapy that expresses a protein called vesicular glutamate transporter-3, which enable the hair cells to ...

The virus found its way into the inner ear via the cochlear aqueduct, delivered a gene therapy that expresses a protein called vesicular glutamate transporter-3, which enable the hair cells to ...

Technology Electronic cochlea adjusts to noise levels like a human ear. A tiny microphone designed to replicate the way sound is processed in the inner ear could be used in hearing aids ...

Simon Chandler (SC): Hearing loss caused by damage to the sensory cells of the inner ear (sensorineural hearing loss) is expected to affect over 700 million people globally by 2050, and yet, currently ...