A cochlear implant (CI) program in South Carolina has demonstrated how strategic workflow design, data-driven efficiency measures, and team-based care can dramatically expand access, improve patient satisfaction, and sustain rapid program growth in an underserved region.
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital are participating in a Cochlear Americas’-sponsored clinical trial for an implantable hearing device in children 5 to 11 years of age who have been born with hearing loss that may be caused by craniofacial abnormalities.
The book is described as providing an overview of hybrid cochlear implants, implantable bone conduction hearing technology, middle ear implantable devices, and auditory brainstem implants.
Earlens Corporation, Inc., Menlo Park, Calif—a privately held medical technology company that created and commercialized a revolutionary hearing aid—announced the final close of its $73 million Series C preferred stock financing, and establishment of a structured debt facility with CRG LP for up to $45 million.
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Consumers are invited to HLAA2017, a communication-accessible educational program and trade show for people with hearing loss, hosted by the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the organization announced.
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The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)—an organization dedicated to educating, advocating, and supporting individuals with hearing loss—is thrilled to announce its 20 Walk4Hearing events across the nation this year, including two new locations in Buffalo, NY and Louisville, KY.
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Hear the Music Project, a hearing health mobile clinic designed by nonprofit Songs for Sound, will visit nine locations in Colorado in late April and May.
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In recognition of May’s Better Hearing & Speech Month, the Good Vibrations Music & Arts Festival (GVMAF) will host the first fully-encompassing deaf and hard-of-hearing accessible concert on May 20, 2017 at the 1850 Settlement in San Antonio, Texas. Ticket sales and festival commissions will benefit Texas-based nonprofit, Aid the Silent.
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Prof Dorothea Kolossa and Mahdie Karbasi from the research group Cognitive Signal Processing at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have developed a method for predicting speech intelligibility in noisy surroundings.
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Cochlear is donating funding to support and promote CELEBRATE SOUND Don’t Walk in Silence events.
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Cochlear Limited announces the launch of the Cochlear Nucleus Profile Implant with Slim Modiolar Electrode (CI532), designed to preserve hearing structures, boost hearing performance, and be easier for surgeons to use.
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Cochlear Limited reports FDA approval of Nucleus implants for MRI up to 3.0T with magnet removal, and with use of an implant Bandage and Splint Kit, the implants are approved for 1.5T MRI with magnet in place.
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One to six in 1,000 children in the US are born with severe to profound hearing loss. Parents of these children need information and support, which Cochlear helps provide via IWantYoutoHear.com.
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Cochlear Limited received FDA clearance of the Cochlear Baha 5 SuperPower Sound Processor for use in the US. The “Smart” bone conduction processor has direct-to-device wireless technology for patients with significant hearing loss. US availability is anticipated for summer 2016.
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According to early findings from a multi-center study led by specialists at NYU Langone Medical Center, people with a common form of hearing loss not helped by hearing aids achieved significant improvements in their hearing and understanding of speech with hybrid cochlear implants.
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The FDA has approved the Nucleus 6 Sound Processor, which is a technology upgrade with many advanced features for the Nucleus 22 cochlear implant from Cochlear Limited.
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Cochlear Limited announced winners of the Graeme Clark and Anders Tjellstrom scholarships that recognize Cochlear Nucleus Implant and Baha System recipients who demonstrate exceptional academics, leadership, and humanity.
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Cochlear Limited has announced the release of its SmartSound iQ and true wireless features for use with the company’s Nucleus 6 Sound Processor for cochlear implants.
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