In a new, multisite study of deaf children with cochlear implants, UT Dallas researchers have found that children with either no exposure or limited exposure to sign language end up with better ...

When their newborn failed a hearing test, Quinn and Kai were distraught. Their pediatrician reassured them their baby was a candidate for a cochlear implant – an electronic device consisting of an ...

New research is stirring fierce debate over the use of sign language among young deaf children who use surgical implants that create a sense of sound. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, ...

Researchers present further evidence that deaf children who received cochlear implants (implanted electronic hearing device) before 12 months of age learn to more rapidly understand spoken language ...

William Wootton was born profoundly deaf, but thanks to cochlear implants fitted when he was about 18 months old, the now 4-year-old Granite Bay preschooler plays with a keyboard synthesizer and ...

Tara Gallagher holds a black disk over her mouth and speaks loudly and clearly to the 7-year-old girl seated across from her at the kid-sized table. “Orange,” Gallagher says. Teesa Arden repeats the ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD A cochlear implant is an electronic device used for people who are severely hard of hearing or deaf. They require surgery to be implanted, but you won’t be able to ...

The audiologist clicked a link on her computer screen, and 10-month-old Dennis Hill perked up. His eyes began to dart around the room. “Denny?” his mom said. “Can you hear me?” his dad said, as a ...

But, Hearing loss is becoming so common, 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 ...

It wasn’t until my brother told me they were concerned that I noticed my niece couldn’t hear like other kids. When children are very young it can be extremely difficult to determine their level of ...

Kimberly A. Wolbers, Professor of Deaf Education, University of Tennessee, Kristina Bernhardt, District School Administrator and PhD Student in Deaf Education, University of Tennessee, and Leala ...