“Prices for traditional hearing aids are out of reach for a lot of people, and they don’t understand why it costs several thousands of dollars to buy a traditional hearing aid,” said Brent Lucas, CEO ...

A Minnesota-based medical device company is on the verge of transforming how hearing is improved. Envoy Medical's journey began decades ago as St. Croix Medical. Brent Lucas, the CEO, shared that the ...

Finding the right audiologist isn't just about getting a hearing test or selecting hearing aids. It's about establishing a relationship with professionals who will support your hearing health for year ...

An audiology clinic in St. Paul says a recent change to state law helped a lot of patients in the year-and-a-half since its passage. For years before that, insurance companies were required to cover ...

The silence was becoming unbearable for many Lake County residents. Missing grandchildren's laughter, struggling through phone conversations, avoiding social gatherings — hearing loss affects more ...

Like most parents, Mallory Shlaffman hadn’t heard of congenital cytomegalovirus until her child screened positive for it. Her daughter, Laura, born in 2018, was tested for what’s known as CMV because ...

Envoy Medical is pioneering fully implanted hearing devices. The latest version has received breakthrough designation from the FDA. Clinical trials are expanding from 10 to 46 patients. WHITE BEAR ...

Minnesota is a pioneer when it comes to CMV testing, becoming in 2023 the first state to begin monitoring for it in newborn screening panels. Colleen Vitzthum, an audiologist at Mankato Clinic, ...

LAKE CRYSTAL — Like most parents, Mallory Shlaffman hadn’t heard of congenital cytomegalovirus until her child screened positive for it. Her daughter, Laura, born in 2018, was tested for what’s known ...