Cochlear Implant Program

The USC Cochlear Implant Program at the USC Speech & Hearing Research Center is dedicated to providing meaningful sound to the lives of individuals with significant hearing loss through a partnership of medicine, technology, education, and rehabilitation. The cochlear implant, an electronic device that utilizes minute electric currents to stimulate the auditory nerve, can provide a sense of hearing to severely and profoundly deafened individuals. Through appropriate follow-up and rehabilitation, most cochlear implant recipients are able to significantly improve the quality of their lives. The USC Cochlear Implant Program offers children and adults with hearing impairment the medical, technological, and intervention resources to learn to listen and speak – to communicate fully in the world around them.

Our Goal:

Our patients are important to us.  Our professional staff is committed to providing the best medical, (re)habilitation, and support services available and ensuring that our patients receive the maximum benefits from their cochlear implant.

South Carolina Speech-Language-Hearing Association's 2008 Ambassador, product of USC Speech and Hearing Research Center:
Jay Price is 6 years old, attends kindergarten at Forest Lake Elementary and listens with a Cochlear Implant. Click here to hear the sweet sounds of success.