Cochlear Implants

• ‘Hearing shouldn’t be for the privileged’: Family fights for cochlear implant coverage

  Cochlear implants are surgically implanted devices that provide a sense of hearing to profoundly deaf adults and children. They're expensive, and not equally funded in Canada.

  Canada

  May 24, 2023
  
• Sask. cochlear implant program will help residents pay for new hearing devices

  Saskatchewan residents will soon be able to renew their cochlear implants without the extra costs of implantation as the province announces a program that will reduce the costs.

  Health

  Oct 13, 2022
  
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• Saskatchewan Health Authority hires new otologist

  Saskatchewan’s newest otologist, Dr. Paul Mick, said the new children’s hospital was one factor in his decision to relocate to Saskatoon.

  Health

  May 14, 2019
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• 7-month-old deaf girl with rare genetic condition hears parents speak for first time

  Aida Little was diagnosed with Waardenburg syndrome one month after she was born.

  Science

  Nov 20, 2018
• Health Sciences Centre program marks surgical milestone with 250th implant

  The HSC Surgical Hearing Implant Program completed its 250th cochlear implant surgery this summer and hosted a barbecue in Winnipeg on Sunday to mark the milestone.

  Sep 9, 2018
• Toddler hears parents for first time after crowdfunding effort for surgery

  A toddler in North Carolina has heard her mother and father's voices for the very first time after undergoing a $50,000 surgery that wasn't covered by insurance.

  Health

  Jun 16, 2015
• Researchers add gene therapy to cochlear implants in deaf animals

  Researchers are trying a novel way to boost the power of cochlear implants: They used the technology to beam gene therapy into the ears of deaf animals.

  Health

  Apr 24, 2014