A new-generation bionic ear that turns noise into music is one step closer after Australian researchers have shown they can resprout delicate nerve fibres lost in deafness. The research, led by ...

PRINCETON, N.J. - With a 3-D printer, a petri dish and some cells from a cow, Princeton University researchers are growing synthetic ears that can receive - and transmit - sound. The scientists send ...

The 3D printing boom has been changing the medical field in recent years. Engineers have discovered ways to print viable organ tissue and mini organs that have the potential to impact drug and ...

DBS implants can dramatically short-circuit a debilitating tremor, and let those afflicted eat a steak dinner unscathed, but the average Joe won't be wanting one of them anytime soon. On the other ...

Two universities in our area are experimenting with the technology. It's created in a lab by a 3-d bioprinter. Instead of ink it uses a gel that contains a matrix of cartilage cells from cows. The ear ...

Engineers have created a bionic ear that can tune in to TV, radio, and Wi-Fi and might also provide fantastic hearing. Created in the lab out of a mix of electronics and living tissue, the ear would ...

A girl who was born profoundly deaf says she is proud of her cochlear implants and hopes to see a positive change in the perception of people with hearing loss. Sanemi, 12, could not hear anything ...