Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

The cochlear nerve, also known as part of the vestibulocochlear or auditory nerve, is a sensory nerve responsible for hearing. It travels from the cochlea, a spiral-shaped structure in the inner ear, ...

"A new adventure of having to get a cochlear implant. I was scared. But once I met Dr. Sweeney and Dr. Schadt, I knew there was nothing to worry about. I have never in my life met such supporting ...

Chennai: Nearly 3,000 poor children in Tamil Nadu were given free cochlear implant — an electronic device that replaces the function of the damaged inner ear — under the state health insurance scheme, ...

Erica Hall knew her son couldn’t hear the day he was born. Doctors believed it may have been fluid in his ear that caused the newborn to fail his hearing screening, but Hall said she knew through his ...