University of Iowa Cochlear Implant

07/10/2025

• 👂Did you know? Many patients at the University of Iowa benefit from robotic-assisted cochlear implantation. We’re proud to combine compassionate care with cutting-edge technology as the first and only center in Iowa to offer robotic assistance: https://uihc.org/services/cochlar-implant
• 👂Curious about cochlear implants and how they work? This animated video explains the life-changing benefits of cochlear implants and the benefits of advanced technology like robotic assistance. Watch the video to learn more about how this treatment could help you or a loved one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_zyCIn00BA&feature=youtu.be
• 👂Hearing your best starts with the right team — and the right technology. Our experts use innovative tools like robotic assistance to help deliver the best possible outcomes. Let's talk about your options. Book an appointment today: https://uihc.org/services/cochlear-implant
• 👂Ready to explore your hearing options? At the University of Iowa, we combine expert care with advanced technology like robotic-assisted cochlear implant surgery. Take the next step — schedule a consultation with our team today: https://uihc.org/services/cochlear-implant

Specialists working in the Iowa Cochlear Implant Center offer support to pediatric and adult cochlear implant patients. A cochlear implant is an electronic device that provides sound to individuals with severe to profound hearing loss. A cochlear implant bypasses damaged structures of the inner ear....

05/06/2025

Dr. Bruce Gantz received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the American Cochlear Implant Alliance conference in Boston last week. His impact on the field of cochlear implants is immeasurable. We could not be more proud of him. Congratulations, Dr. Gantz. Very well deserved.

Dr. Dunn, who presented him with the award, is pictured with him.

01/28/2025

Our very own receiving the lifetime achievement award. So well deserved!

Dr. Bruce Gantz to Receive ACI Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award at

The Lifetime Achievement award recognizes the contributions over the whole of a career and for the work and accomplishments of the individual being recognized. Each year the ACI Alliance honors a person whose life work has steadfastly promoted the values and ideals that guide and inspire us and our mission as an organization.

Congratulations Dr. Gantz!

https://www.acialliance.org/page/LifetimeAchievementAward

University of Iowa Cochlear Implant

12/31/2024

Iowans are 'Hearing' again thanks to the UIHC Cochlear Implant Program and decades of research. Thanks for featuring and bringing awareness to the University of Iowa Cochlear Implant on KWWL.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KWWL) Hearing loss is viewed as public health issue, with some 66,000 people losing their hearing every year. Some simply wake up no longer being able to

10/21/2024

We are excited to introduce our newest cochlear implant audiologist, Molly Stolze, AuD. She is a Midwesterner originating from around St. Louis, MO. She finished her graduate studies at State University in New York and thereafter relocated to the west coast to undertake her clinical fellowship at Oregon Health and Science University. We are delighted to reintroduce her to the Midwest at the University of Iowa Cochlear Implant Program as a pediatric and adult cochlear implant audiologist.

10/18/2024

We are very proud and humbled by this beautiful sculpture gifted to us from a wonderful artist. She had hearing loss on one ear and received a cochlear implant in that ear. Her quote given through tears, “It changed my life. I thank you for giving me hearing back in that ear.”

We thank her for this beautiful sculpture that represents her talent in such a meaningful way.

09/01/2024

What a fun event Field of Dreams Movie Site. RALLY CAPS: The MOVIE will be available on Amazon Prime beginning September 10.

08/30/2024

It is with great sadness we inform you of the unexpected passing of Paul J. Abbas on Monday, August 26, 2024. Paul, a beloved and brilliant colleague, mentor and friend, fulfilled a life-long and esteemed career as an auditory physiologist and cochlear implant expert at the University of Iowa. His contributions spanned from characterizing single-fiber response properties in animal models to assessing every level of the auditory pathway and the encoding of various domains of acoustic/electric signals with noninvasive measures in humans. He leaves a lasting impression with words that continue to breed insight, techniques that create opportunity, and a legacy of lives enhanced. He is missed.

“He started by studying how the ear worked. He then joined the Otolaryngology Department at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics who had just begun exploring the use of electrical stimulation to activate the hearing nerve in individuals with profound hearing loss. His expertise pushed the development of Cochlear Implants forward across the global field. He was a treasured mentor to all students he taught and worked beside. Paul made many dear lifelong friends and continued to guide them even after he retired.”

View Paul James Abbas's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

07/31/2024

As part of the ongoing commemoration of the 35th Anniversary of the Field of Dreams, the Field of Dreams Movie Site (FODMS), along with Rally Caps, Advanced Bionics, Phonak, and the University of Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center, we are excited to raise awareness to hearing loss and cochlear implantation by inviting you to the movie premiere of RALLY CAPS on August 31, 2024.
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06/29/2024

Could the popular white noise machines used to help your child get a good night’s sleep be harmful to their hearing?

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=870485168271698&id=100059306690876

White noise machines for infants can be dangerously loud, a new study shows.

06/26/2024

Were you aware that bacterial meningitis is a frequent cause of acquired hearing loss? Additionally, a significant proportion of individuals diagnosed with bacterial meningitis may experience permanent, and sometimes severe, hearing impairment. For individuals with severe hearing impairment, it is crucial to promptly undergo cochlear implantation to address the potential risk of cochlear ossification and restore auditory function.

UCSF researchers and clinicians at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland transformed treatment for deaf and hard-of-hearing children through the invention of cochlear implants and a comprehensive care model that offers wraparound support, parent coaching, and access to resources for a successf...

06/17/2024

Please help us welcome Gabrielle Watson (Gabby), Au.D., to our Cochlear Implant Audiology team. She is a Hawkeye at heart, having completed both her undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Iowa. She spent the last six years working at the Cochlear Implant Center at the University of Michigan, and we are fortunate to welcome her back to our team. She will see both pediatric and adult CI patients.