Michelle Zappas discovered a gap in knowledge among health care professionals around the viral infection that caused her daughter's hearing loss.
USC program — supported by the university’s Good Neighbors Campaign — connects implant recipients with musicians to recapture and rediscover the feelings one gets from listening to music.
A Keck Medicine of USC study demonstrates the need for early cochlear implant use for deaf children, regardless of developmental impairments.
For more than 700,000 cochlear implant users worldwide, music appreciation is not always what it should be. Raymond Goldsworthy and USC’s Bionic Ear Lab are working to change that.
Noise-induced hearing loss is linked to a buildup of fluid in the inner ear — and researchers found that treating that buildup with a readily available saline solution lessened nerve damage.
Stem cell researchers have successfully reprogrammed three types of mouse cells to become “induced hair cell-like cells,” which can help treat hearing loss.
Research indicates how an important protein sends signals to the hearing organ to attain its correct size during embryonic development.
Doctoral candidate copes with vertigo thanks to USC physical therapy faculty members.
Research at the Keck School of Medicine of USC could have applications for soldiers and treatment of inner-ear diseases.
Scientists develop method to repair damaged structures deep inside the ear.
