Most cochlear nerves carry information from the cochlea to the brain, but about 5% send signals in the opposite direction: ...

surgically implanted electronic devices that send electrical signals to the cochlear nerve, which enables hearing. Those electrical impulses are then sent to the brain to help a person with severe ...

The device sends impulses directly to your auditory (hearing) nerve, which carries sound signals to your brain. If you had some level of hearing before, know that a cochlear implant may not ...

Weaker-than-expected sales have prompted a home-grown health technology giant to downgrade guidance, just as it releases its ...

These neural signals then travel through the auditory nerve behind the cochlea to the central auditory areas of the brain, resulting in a perception of sound. People with severe to profound ...

Walter Vidal Contreras Robles sat excitedly in the small waiting room of UNLV’s otolaryngology clinic with a bright smile on ...

This nerve contains two components: the vestibular nerve and the cochlear nerve. The vestibular nerve helps the body sense changes in the position of the head with regard to gravity. The body uses ...

The installation of a cochlear implant is a tricky procedure, in which certain nerves may be damaged if the surgeon isn't sufficiently careful. A new "smart" surgical drill is designed to help ...

But a small percentage of these nerves actually run in the opposite direction, from the brain to the cochlea. Scientists have long been puzzled by the function of these backwards channels ...

Up to 35% of children who survive the illness are left with hearing loss, partly because the infection can result in damage to the inner ear’s cochlea, the organ that carries sound to the auditory ...