cochlear implant Archives

December 10, 2015

Gifford lands clinical achievement award from ASHA

René Gifford, Ph.D., associate professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences, received the 2015 Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) at the group’s national convention, which was held last month in Denver.

By Matt Batcheldor

October 1, 2015

Hochmair set for next Discovery Lecture

The co-creator of the world’s first microelectronic multi-channel cochlear implant — a device that provides sound signals to the brain in deaf individuals — will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture.

By Leigh MacMillan

December 11, 2014

Cochlear implants focus of symposium

More than 1,200 attendees from more than 40 countries are in Nashville this week for the 14th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children.

By Matt Batcheldor

March 20, 2014

Photo: Discovery Lecture

Cochlear implant pioneer Blake Wilson, D.Sc., of Duke University, speaks about speech-processing technology at his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.

By VUMC News and Communications

September 11, 2013

Vanderbilt Medicine: Robotics revolution

In the foreseeable future, robots will be sticking steerable needles in your brain to remove blood clots; capsule robots will be crawling up your colon as a painless replacement for the colonoscopy; and ultra-miniaturized snake robots will remove tumors from your bladder and other body cavities.

By VUMC News and Communications

March 5, 2013

High Fidelity: Cochlear implant users report dramatically better hearing with new Vanderbilt process

Longtime cochlear implant users are reporting such dramatic improvements in their hearing, thanks to new image-guided programming methods developed by Vanderbilt University researchers.