cochlear implant

July 12, 2024

Greenwood Officer Rediscovers Sound with Cochlear Implant

David Wise

Audiology patient displays cochlear implant device

Greenwood police officer John Michael O’Mara has been dealing with hearing loss since childhood. For years, he tried all manner of traditional hearing aids, but he just didn’t like the way they performed. “I was stubborn and refused to wear hearing aids,” O’Mara said. “I didn’t like the way that it sounded like a 1960s…

October 16, 2012

UAMS Audiologist Receives Second Cochlear Implant

Jon Parham

Oct. 16, 2012 | Audiologist Samuel R. Atcherson, Ph.D., has a more personal view of hearing loss than some in his profession since he began losing his own hearing at age 3.