Measuring Brain Waves with Cochlear Implants
Cochlear implants enable people with severe hearing loss to hear again. An audiologist adjusts the cochlear implants based on the user's input, but this is not always easy.
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Advanced Bionics Receives FDA Approval for Marvel Cochlear Implants
With its more than 25 years of experience in cochlear implants, Advanced Bionics brings the Marvel platform to benefit adult cochlear implant recipients.
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Craig Buchman, MD, Elected President of American Neurotology Society
He recently led an international group of hearing specialists who recommended that far more adults with moderate-to-severe or worse hearing loss should be offered the option to receive cochlear implants, which could improve hearing and quality of life.
ACI Alliance Awarded Grant to Evaluate Impact of Pediatric Cochlear Implantation
American Cochlear Implant (ACI) Alliance announced that it was awarded a grant by Oberkotter Foundation to update the seminal Project HOPE study published in 2000 by Mohr, et al.
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Washington University Completes First Case in Clinical Trial to Restore Hearing to Acoustic Neuroma Patients
The July operation at Barnes-Jewish Hospital marked the first use of the MED-EL Auditory Nerve Test System (ANTS) in North America, allowing simultaneous removal of a vestibular schwannoma and placement of a cochlear implant.
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Hear the World Foundation Donates Cochlear Implants to Children in Vietnam
Hear the World Foundation reports that the success of the CI project in Vietnam is largely owed to its project partner: The Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss.
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Study Shows Improved MRI Experience for Children with Cochlear Implants
The latest cochlear implant from MED-EL incorporates a “revolutionary design change” that allows the special internal magnet to rotate with the magnetic force from the MRI, making surgical removal of the magnet or a head wrap unnecessary.
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Cochlear Announces FDA Approval of Three New Products
The approval of the Cochlear Nucleus Kanso 2 Sound Processor, Nucleus 7 Sound Processor for Nucleus 22 Implant recipients, and Custom Sound Pro fitting software reflects Cochlear’s “ongoing commitment to innovation in hearing technology, providing access to smartphone connectivity and helping to improve hearing performance, and enhancing the cochlear implant fitting experience for hearing health professionals.”
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Envoy Medical Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Fully Implanted Acclaim Cochlear Implant
If approved by the FDA, the Acclaim would be the “first-of-its-kind cochlear implant without any external components to offer unique benefits to users and hopefully increase cochlear implant adoption and user compliance across the globe.”
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Plural Publishing Releases New Editions of Cochlear Implant Textbooks
According to Plural’s announcement, these updates bring new features including fully rewritten chapters and up-to-date research on cochlear implant devices and assessment “that will benefit students and clinicians alike.”
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Vanderbilt Researchers Receive $3.1M Grant for Customizable Cochlear Implant Programming
These models will ultimately enable development of next-generation programming strategies that rely on these computational simulations of implant performance to find programming settings that greatly improve sound quality for cochlear implant users compared to the traditional programming approach.
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Hearing Rehabilitation Foundation Awarded Cummings Grant
HRF President Geoff Plant announced that the organization is one of 130 local nonprofits to receive grants of $100,000 to $500,000 each through the Cummings Foundation’s $20 Million Grant Program. The Woburn-based organization was chosen from a total of 738 applicants during a competitive review process.
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Cochlear Announces FDA Approval for Cochlear Implantation at 9 Months
The research and support in practice by trained hearing health professionals provided the foundation to approve the indication be lowered to 9 months, along with the considerable developments in technology and evolving speech coding strategies in modern day cochlear implant devices.
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Cochlear Loses US Patent Appeal
The article estimates that Cochlear’s costs, including legal fees and interest, could exceed $750 million.
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Frequency Therapeutics Announces Clinical Data from Auditory Drug
FX-322 is Frequency’s lead product candidate, designed to regenerate auditory sensory hair cells in the cochlea and improve hearing in patients with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL).
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Researchers Map Blood Vessels of Inner Ear
To be able to study the blood vessels in the inner auditory organ, the researchers used a synchrotron system. The system, which is one of eight in the world, is as large as a football pitch and accelerates particles with very high energy. This makes it possible to create pictures of the smallest parts of the inner ear.
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Cochlear Announces FDA Approval for Remote Check Solution
Remote Check is designed to be a convenient, at-home testing tool that allows Cochlear recipients with a Cochlear Nucleus 7 Sound Processor to complete a series of hearing tests from their compatible iOS device using the Nucleus Smart App.
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Cochlear CEO Warns of Delay in Hearing-Related Pediatric Surgeries
According to the article, pediatric surgeries to correct hearing problems have already resumed in China, mostly in the areas outside Hubei province, where the coronavirus was most prevalent.
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