What Is a Cochlear Implant? A cochlear implant (CI) is an electronic device designed to help you hear better if you're deaf, partially deaf, or have trouble understanding speech. It has two parts: a ...

Durham, NC – (July 9, 2008)– MED-EL Corporation announced today new data regarding FineHearingTM technology, available only with the MAESTRO™ Cochlear Implant System. In addition to hearing in "high ...

These days, cost is a common reason to not use a new technology. With a new and aggressive pricing strategy for its WTS701 Text-To-Speech processor, Winbond Electronics hopes to eliminate this ...

The world's first behind-the-ear speech processor with a built-in telecoil and plug-in FM receiver has been jointly developed by Zarlink Semiconductor, the medical device silicon chip supplier, and ...

To obtain the best modulation result of a transmitter you can use 2 ways: clipping and dynamic compression. Both methods have disadvantages: clipping – there is no constant signal carrier and so the ...

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is being criticised by participants after it refused to fund $10,000 for a hearing aid upgrade for a profoundly deaf man and instead gave him $15,000 ...

A cochlear implant, an electronic device that is surgically implanted to provide a sense of sound, helps a person who is severely hard of hearing to hear sounds. The device transmits external sounds ...