This retrospective study was undertaken to assess the correlation between click-evoked auditory brainstem responses and behavioral hearing tests. We recruited a total of 16646 infants born in ...

The advent of auditory prostheses has revolutionised the management of profound hearing loss. Cochlear implants (CIs) have long been established as an effective treatment for individuals with ...

The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) is poised to introduce auditory brainstem implant (ABI) surgery, a groundbreaking treatment option for patients of hearing loss.

A research team led by Professor Choi Byung-yoon of the otolaryngology department at Bundang Seoul National University Hospital (new specialist) said that by measuring the degree of auditory nerve ...

For those born with certain types of congenital deafness, the cochlear implant has been a positive and enabling technology.

Investigators are developing a new type of auditory brainstem implant that is designed to be soft, and flexible and address limitations of models currently in use. These implants may one day benefit ...

Before a baby’s first babble, language development begins through exposure to voices, music, and everyday sounds. But what happens when that connection to sound is missing from the start? For ...

Jay T. Rubinstein, MD, PhD, University of Washington School of Medicine, discusses DB-OTO, an investigational gene therapy with potential to treat otoferlin gene–related hearing loss. DB-OTO, an ...

Ten children who received DB-OTO for profound genetic hearing loss due to variants of the otoferlin gene showed notable improvements in hearing, according to initial results of the CHORD trial. The ...

A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery has found that increased risk of falls is associated with a hearing loss and may be a ...