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A new multicenter study performed will make use of artificial intelligence (AI) to examine pre-surgical brain MRI scans to anticipate individual-level language results in English- and Spanish-learning children up to four years following cochlear implantation.

A study has found that children with hearing impairment and autism can restore hearing through cochlear implantation and it can help them understand spoken language and enhance social interactions.

Restoring hearing through cochlear implantation for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can help them understand spoken language and enhance social interactions, according to a study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

( words) INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA – MED-EL announced today the launch of a worldwide MRI guarantee, effective immediately, that their multichannel cochlear implants and bone conduction implants will not be damaged during an MRI scan. With this, MED-EL is the only manufacturer to accept liability for damage to all cochlear implants that have been produced since 1994, all bone conduction implants and the current generation of middle ear implants during an MRI examination. Users of these MED-EL ...