DEAF people were given fresh hope last night after a woman became the first person in Britain to receive a single implant which brings hearing to both ears. [...] more »

Or is deafness not a disability or an illness, as the deaf community states? Hearing is good when someone is tailgating you on the sidewalk and you can't ... [...] more »

The world leader in hearing technology for deaf, Cochlear Limited, recently announced the establishment of its India operations with the formation of its ... [...] more »

It seems more cochlear implant speech processors are getting stolen from kids these days. In the latest case, a kid left the implant in a sneaker while going swimming. After the theft, the Cochlear company replaced the stolen implant. [...] more »

“Apart from the cost of the surgery, one has to add the costs of the intensive speech therapy required for 1-2 years to help the child associate various sounds and learn speech. Though the implants have existed in India for long, usage is minuscule because of the high costs,” she says. Thus, of almost a million profoundly deaf children, only about 5,000 have cochlear implants. [...] more »

8-year-old Emma has been deaf since birth and has cochlear implants in both ears. [...] more »

8-year-old Emma has been deaf since birth and has cochlear implants in both ears. An attorney for Emma's mother, Jennifer Miller, who has primary custody of Emma, says medical personnel have deemed it essential that she consistently wear the device in order for her to develop both verbal and social skills. [...] more »

The doctor has automatically perceived the deafness as a disease; an abnormality; and feels a societal need to fix the problem. If the doctor had suggested ... Wockhardt opens cochlear implant centre in RajkotDaily News & Analysis all 4 news articles » [...] more »

A deaf Washington man faces a contempt charge in Kootenai County 1st District Court for refusing to force his deaf daughter to wear cochlear implants in a ... [...] more »

Kelly Laatsch is a citizen of two worlds: one of sound and one of sign. She is a deaf person with a cochlear implant, a small device implanted in her left ear which allows her to hear sounds and voices. The 20-year-old junior from Freeland wants to teach deaf children after she graduates. [...] more »

Dublin’s Screen Scene is currently in post production with Company Pictures’ ‘The Silence’, an atmospheric drama for BBC directed by Emmy Award winning Irish director Dearbhla Walsh (The Tudors) and starring IFTA winning actress Dervla Kirwan (Ondine) that examines the witnessing of a murder by a deaf girl. Eighteen-year-old Amelia Edwards, played by deaf actress Genevieve Barr in her acting debut has, at the start of the four part drama, recently been fitted with a cochlear implant, enabling her to hear, but she struggles to accept that she has a place in the hearing world. [...] more »

It is amazing what will turn up sometimes via Google. Things like this legal document dated March 23, 2010 about a child custody case involving a deaf child. Background: A mother, who has a medically controllable mental illness (bipolar disorder), had a deaf child that another couple received custody of. That couple then sought to have the mother's parental rights terminated so they could adopt the child. When the mother had the child, she did not want to implant the child. As soon as the couple got emergency custody of the child, they had the child implanted even though the mother's parental rights had not been terminated yet! [...] more »

"To hear or not to hear; Cochlear implants are no longer just for a select few ... Bend Bulletin It's not a cure for deafness nor is it the best solution for every individual. Even people who meet the medical criteria for an implant wind up with a broad ... [...] more »

Amritsar, Punjab: The All India Charitable Society Pingalwara Charitable Society here will conduct free cochlear implant surgery for its deaf children and ... [...] more »

Musical scored for ear implants goes on tour Scotsman (subscription) A MUSICAL written by a city composer for deaf people with hearing implants is going on the road. Deacon, composed by 24-year-old Edinburgh University ... [...] more »