You might have heard of the cochlear implant. It’s an electronic device also referred to as a neuroprosthesis, serving as a bionic replacement for the human ear. These implants have brought an ...

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 ...

PRINCETON, N.J. — Researchers at Princeton University have brought a new tool into the realm of cybernetics: a 3-D printer. The scientists have devised a way to produce an ear-shaped chunk of silicone ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO &#151 At the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) here, a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) described an analog “bionic ear processor” with ...

A new prosthetic can improve the hearing of children suffering with microtia using 3D printing to create custom plastic prosthetics, reports Forbes. 1. Aided by developments in 3D bioprinting, human ...

Melbourne researchers have invented a small, smart, self-managed hearing aid that outperforms most conventional hearing aids for less than half the price. It uses technology first developed for ...

An ABI consists of a microphone and transmitter on the head, which convert sounds from the outside world into electrical signals. Those signals are transmitted to an internal receiver made up of ...

Researchers at Princeton University have produced a bionic ear, using a 3-D printer to produce an ear-shaped chunk of silicone mixed with bovine cells and infused with tiny particles of silver that ...