For this Merkin Prize Winner, Reversing Deafness Was the First of Many Miracles
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept.
15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Dr.
Michael Merzenich became a recipient of the Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology, which annually recognizes a novel technology that has advanced human health.
Merzenich and his co-inventors were recognized for the invention of the cochlear implant, which has restored hearing to more than a million people with deafness.
While often described as a miracle of modern technology, Merzenich’s work on the project resulted in a stream of miracles that: revolutionized neuroscience; upended theories of childhood learning; debunked aging decline dogma; transformed the training paradigm for athletes and other peak performers; and created the new age of digital therapeutics — pushing beyond what pharma and surgeons can currently accomplish, while supplying the big data to fuel 21 st century functional medicine.
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