This is a video of 3-D confocal image projection of the regenerated cochlear nerve following neurotrophin gene therapy, with the nerve fibers growing down towards the cochlear implant electrode array.

A baby born deaf cracks a subtle smile when her hearing aid is activated for the first time, then appears to valiantly hold back tears as a range of emotions play over her face when her mother ...

A 14-year-old Texas girl was brought to tears after hearing her mother's voice clearly for the first time. Breanna was diagnosed with severe hearing loss as a baby and her hearing worsened as she got ...

Zenek Luci was born deaf to a family in Welland, Ontario. He used hearing aids as an infant before receiving a cochlear implant in an operation, his father, Gabriel, says. "He was about one year old ...

Cochlear implantation carried various benefits over hearing aids for young children with deafness and early development impairment (EDI), a prospective cohort study found. In children with low ...

This is a video of 3-D confocal imaging showing the cells secreting the neurotrophin (cyan) and the regenerated cochlear nerve (purple). This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Apr. 23, ...