There’s a telling moment in poet Raymond Antrobus’s memoir, The Quiet Ear – his first book of prose – where he describes being told, aged six, that he is deaf. The doctor shows him a graph of the ...

Cochlear implants are not always recommended for infants with hearing loss and developmental delays, but new research suggests their use could be expanded. Cochlear implants generally are recommended ...

A deaf woman says she has achieved her "dreams" after being featured wearing a designer cochlear implant in British Vogue. Imy Harris was born "profoundly deaf" meaning she had no hearing from birth ...

Up to three out of every 1,000 infants in the United States are born with profound hearing loss. Typically, infants with hearing loss are first treated with hearing aids, and if these fail to help ...

Leah Partridge has been dominating the ringette rink since she was four, proving that full hearing isn’t a requirement for staying one step ahead of the ring. Born profoundly deaf, she relies on sharp ...

There are few things more heartwarming than videos of children with deafness gaining the ability to hear, showing them happily turning their heads at the sound of their parents' voices and joyfully ...

With three older brothers, it was probably inevitable that Ashlee Narker would be drawn to sports. Growing up in a leafy suburb of Sydney’s North Shore, Narker played soccer, touch footy and field ...

LOS ANGELES — Up to three out of every 1,000 infants in the United States are born with profound hearing loss. Typically, infants with hearing loss are first treated with hearing aids, and if these ...