Now, when I go days without my cochlear implant, I start to lose my sense of presence. I dissociate. The edges of reality ...
More than a million people around the world rely on cochlear implants (CIs) to hear. CI effectiveness is generally evaluated through speech recognition tests, and despite how widespread they are, CI ...
When Esperanza Bijasa began losing her hearing in 2017, the world around her grew quieter. The Bingo nights, the laughter at ...
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 ...
Technology has created a simple moment between parents and their baby that wasn’t possible for this western Massachusetts ...
Cochlear implant users who need help with their devices have a new way to get it, even — or perhaps especially — if they’re on the road. All they need ...
A heartwarming video is going viral on social media, showing a boy removing his cochlear implants in the middle of a conversation with his mother because he wanted a "break from his mother." ...