People with cochlear implants who receive postoperative care via a remote, telemedicine service trialled by the University of Southampton have shown a significant increase in their empowerment coupled with real improvements in their hearing tests after using the online care tools.
3D printing and machine learning unite in new research to improve cochlear implants for users.
Researchers are working on miniaturization, external power supplies and wirelessly networked implants.
A flexible carbon nanotube fibers can be incorporated into clothing to function as wearable health monitors.
In noisy environments, it is difficult for hearing aid or hearing implant users to understand their conversational partner. Artificial intelligence could solve this problem.
Scientists at The German Primate Center want to use genetic engineering methods to improve cochlear implants.
Researchers at University of Sydney have developed a new moisture test for bionic devices such pacemakers and cochlear implants.
Researchers combine for the first time gene therapy in the cochlea with optical cochlear implants to optogenetically activate the auditory pathway in gerbils.
Researchers have developed a computer model which predicts the neuronal activation patterns that the cochlear implant creates in the auditory nerve fibers.
Researchers have developed a conformable electrode implant that will allow people with a dysfunctional inner ear to hear again.
