
Cochlear Implant Music Hour strikes a chord
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.
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.
Early findings show the drug helps build connections between nerve cells. It’s not yet available for humans, but it shows potential.
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.
Scientists believe that a zebrafish with a malformed jaw offers revealing findings for colleagues in radiology, audiology and genetics.
Innovative summer program of community outreach improves reading and writing skills with interventions for students, parents and teachers.
USC Thornton concert is plugged into hearing protection for musicians.
Keck Medicine of USC scientists find a gene variant associated with hearing loss from hazardous noise.
Keck Medicine performs delicate surgery on a 10-year-old boy, removing tumors and restoring his hearing.
Scholars focus on deafness, high-speed communications, mass extinction and educational reform.
Keck School leads studies of auditory implant’s safety in clinical trial backed by the National Institutes of Health.
The funding will support specialized education for postdoctoral fellows and doctoral students.
Canadian boy, 3, hears for the first time after the device is activated by Keck Medicine of USC specialists.
That’s the mantra of a USC undergrad whose nonprofit has helped children here and abroad.
Today’s challenge facing scientists: creating a totally implantable hearing device.
Keck Medicine of USC has opened the USC Center for Childhood Communication on the campus of John Tracy Clinic.
A recent conference held at USC focused on the study of hearing and vocal communication.
Early childhood is a time for discovery, playing with friends and learning more about the world. But for Jacob Landis, it was also a time for that world to go silent.