A systematic review of 27 economic studies finds that hearing aids, cochlear implants and rehabilitation are generally ...

The FDA has approved 'Otarmeni', the first gene therapy for congenital hearing loss (DFNB9) caused by OTOF gene mutations.It ...

Researchers are steadily developing more and more capable devices for restoring vision to people with blindness.

My father insists he hears perfectly well. He just says everyone mumbles, the television is always too loud, and he has ...

Ghana is exploring the establishment of a Centre of Excellence for Hearing, Communication and Cochlear Implant Care to expand access to specialist hearing services and strengthen local healthcare ...

A 2-year-old boy in Hokkaido, Japan, who had received both the 13-valent (PCV13) and 20-valent (PCV20) pneumococcal conjugate ...

A simple question about pond algae led scientists to a way of turning brain cells on and off with a flash of blue light. This ...

What are light-gated ion channels and optogenetics? What exactly have the Medicine Nobel winners done, and what is the ...

MED-EL, developer of hearing implant technology, announces the launch of TICI UNICO, a totally invisible cochlear implant. Designed for people with severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss, TICI ...

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel made discoveries that opened a new technique, called optogenetics.

A single cell with no brain reacts to light at least 20 times faster than the human eye. Its protein now lets scientists ...