I finally got my cochlear implant, and on July 1 they turned it on. The surgery on June 20 had gone well, but like everyone else who must await activation, I had no idea how well it would work in restoring my hearing once it went live. But when the audiologist attached the external processor and activated it, I experienced a modern miracle. … [Read more...] about They Turned On My Cochlear Implant, And I Feel Like I Won The Lottery
Cochlear Implants
Advanced Bionics To Settle Majority Of Outstanding Cochlear Implant Claims
Sonova Holding AG announced that its Advanced Bionics (AB) cochlear implant subsidiary signed agreements settling the majority of current liability claims related to product malfunctions, eliminating much the uncertainty surrounding the financial impact outstanding civil suits would have on its financial results over the coming year. Among the claims was a highly publicized … [Read more...] about Advanced Bionics To Settle Majority Of Outstanding Cochlear Implant Claims
Advanced Bionics And Phonak Cross-Fertilize Hearing Aid And Cochlear Implant Technologies
Sonova Group's acquisition of the Advanced Bionics cochlear implant business is starting to pay off. The recent integration of technologies developed by Sonova's Phonak hearing aid subsidiary into a new cochlear implant sound processor from Advanced Bionics foreshadows even more interesting products and features to come. The only question raised by this first-ever … [Read more...] about Advanced Bionics And Phonak Cross-Fertilize Hearing Aid And Cochlear Implant Technologies
Cochlear Implant Failure Rates Appear To Be Low In Spite Of Recalls
Results of a study published in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, found that rates of cochlear implant failures in a sample of Canadian children implanted between 1990 and 2010 were less than three percent. It's one of the few studies I've seen that attempts to show how reliable cochlear implants are, and according to the authors of the … [Read more...] about Cochlear Implant Failure Rates Appear To Be Low In Spite Of Recalls
Advanced Bionics Takes The Plunge With Waterproof Neptune Cochlear Implant Sound Processor
Advanced Bionics (AB), the cochlear implant maker owned by Sonova Group, may have been out of the market for a while due to a product recall last year, but it apparently used the time to catch back up with a hot new product that will pose some competitive headaches for the other cochlear implant makers. AB's new waterproof Neptune cochlear implant processor, the first … [Read more...] about Advanced Bionics Takes The Plunge With Waterproof Neptune Cochlear Implant Sound Processor