Cochlear implants are small electronic devices that allow people who are deaf or severely hard of hearing to hear. These wonderful devices work by bypassing much of the machinery in the ear to ...

The speech sounds different from what you’re used to hearing, doesn’t it? This is a simulation of one example of what it can be like to hear sounds through a hearing aid—a device that helps people ...

When Sam Swiller used hearing aids, his musical tastes ran to AC/DC and Nirvana — loud bands with lots of drums and bass. But after Swiller got a cochlear implant in 2005, he found that sort of music ...