Philadelphia, PA – Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center’s Department of Otorhinolaryngology are now surgically implanting the recently FDA-approved “bionic ear,” bringing hearing ...

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 ...

Using 3D printers to create biological structures has become widespread. Printing electronics has made similar advances, particularly for low-cost, low-power disposable items. The first successful ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...