Cochlear Implants News

The new device, developed by scientists in Melbourne, is the size of a paper clip and works by allowing patients with spinal injuries to control a robotic limb, an exoskeleton of sorts, just by thinking.

Four-year-old Jyontika, who was born with congenital rubella syndrome, causing her to have hearing and vision defects besides heart abnormalities, is today leading a normal life after successfully undergoing several surgical interventions.

Infants with profound hearing loss, who received cochlear implants to improve their hearing, soon babbled as often as their hearing peers, allowing them to catch up developmentally.