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Category: Cochlear Implants
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American Cochlear Implant Alliance Announces CI2025 Student Poster Winners
Three students were recognized for research on auditory development, music perception, and cochlear implantation in unique populations.
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Advanced Bionics Debuts AB ListenFit App
AB ListenFit is a mobile app that allows cochlear implant users to track their hearing progress through self-assessments.
Registration Opens for ACI Alliance CI2025 Boston ConferenceÂ
CI2025 will feature multi-disciplinary sessions, expert lectures, and networking opportunities to advance cochlear implantation care.
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Shape-Based Nouns Aid Language Growth in Children with Cochlear Implants
Children with cochlear implants show improved language development when their early vocabularies include more shape-based nouns.
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Early Cochlear Implant Activation: Clinical and Surgical Implementation Considerations
There are steps you can take to ensure same- and next-day CI activation goes smoothly for the patient and your clinic.
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FDA Expands Med-El Cochlear Implant Indications
Med-El’s cochlear implants received FDA approval for expanded adult indications and hearing preservation outcomes.
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ACI Alliance Pushes for Expanded Medicare Coverage on CIs for Asymmetric Hearing Loss
ACI Alliance submitted a request to CMS to expand Medicare coverage for cochlear implants, targeting single-sided deafness.
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FDA Approves Envoy Medical’s Study for Fully Implanted Cochlear Implant
Envoy Medical received FDA approval to begin a study of its fully implanted CI, which uses the ear’s natural anatomy to capture sound.
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ACI Alliance Announces Speaker for Niparko Memorial Lecture at CI2025
The lecture at CI2025 Boston will focus on how language prediction can improve outcomes for children with cochlear implants.
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ACI Alliance Launches Blog to Support Understanding of Cochlear Implants
The blog, Ask the Audiologist, provides expert answers to common questions about cochlear implants for individuals with hearing loss.
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How Vagus Nerve Stimulation May Enhance Perceptual Learning, Boost Hearing Abilities
Stimulating the vagus nerve with electrical pulses may offer applications for enhanced hearing, particularly in cochlear implant users.
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RMIT PhD Student Honored for Cochlear Implant Research
A PhD student has been recognized as a finalist in the Victorian International Education Awards for his work on hybrid cochlear implants.
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Med-El USA’s OtoPlan Wins Hearing Technology Innovator Award
Med-El USA was honored with a Hearing Technology Innovator Award for OtoPlan in the cochlear implant category.
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Envoy Medical Secures Patent for Safe Recharge Tech in Fully Implanted Hearing Devices
Envoy Medical was awarded a new patent for its recharge system that maintains safe temperatures when recharging implantable batteries.
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Phonak, Advanced Bionics Sponsor Film About Hearing Loss Stigma
The family film Rally Caps highlights the power of team building, friendship, and breaking down stigmas associated with hearing loss.
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Researchers Uncover Word-Recognition Strategies Used by Cochlear Implant Wearers
Three main strategies people use to recognize words were identified revealing insights that could improve treatment of hearing challenges.
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UnitedHealthcare to Expand Cochlear Implant Coverage for Children
UnitedHealthcare has expanded its coverage of cochlear implants to include children as young as 6 months effective Sept. 1, 2024.
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