New Technology is Music to Peopleâs EarsInnovations in Cochlear Implants Improve Hearing for the Profoundly Deaf
Approximately 32.5 million American adults report some degree of hearing loss and three out of every 1000 children are born deaf or hard of hearing each year, according to the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. For some, cochlear implants may be the only way to learn and interpret speech and other sounds.
Unlike a traditional hearing aid, the cochlear implant does not amplify sound but directly stimulates functioning auditory nerves with electric impulses. Now a new implant system, Maestro, is taking hearing technology to the next level.
The system consists of the thinnest and lightest internal implant and an externally worn speech processor, allowing people to hear in âHigh Definitionâ for the first time. The implant is also future ready and designed to implement upgrades and enhancements without needing a new device.
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