L.A. Children’s Hospital Implants Hearing Device in Brain Stem of Deaf 3-Year-Old as Part of NIH Trial
Children's Hospital Los Angeles surgeons have successfully implanted a medical device into a deaf 3-year-old boy's brain stem in an attempt to enable him to hear. The operation was the first in an NIH-supported clinical trial and observers say it could set the standard for the safety and efficacy of such procedures.
- "L.A. Surgeons Implant Device To Help Deaf 3-Year-Old Hear" (Khan, "Science Now," Los Angeles Times, 5/7).