” said Martin Zimmerling, Head of Implant Development at MED-EL. “The S-Vector provides more holding force and provides a great option for adapting to the user’s individual needs. This gives our recipients peace of mind
The design of the study conducted by Reefhuis et al.,47as noted by the authors, did not permit the comparison of meningitis risk between deaf children with and without a cochlear implant. That is, there is no comprehensive epidemiologic analysis of the risk of meningitis in deaf children in...
such benefits in cochlear implant users may be limited because the implant's direct electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve does not preserve the fine frequency or fine structure of the acoustic waveforms at each ear, as is created with natural hearing. These...
Comparison of two methods of data presentation for the electrical brainstem response in cochlear implant patientsCochlear implants have become an acceptable method for management of the deaf patient, adult and child alike. Since the advent of implants there has been much research into objective methods...
Comparison Chart FDA Adverse Events AboutTag Archives: recall Advanced Bionics Issues a Recall Posted on March 9, 2020 by CochlearImplantHELP Advanced Bionics has sent a letter to some recipients of the HiRes Ultra / HiRes Ultra 3D noting that some of these devices may have an issue with ...
Rick’s wife, Lynn, and his two grown children have always been supportive of his struggle to hear, and are delighted with the success of his recent cochlear implant. By Christina Lamp Having trialled the Cochlear wireless accessories last year, I was very pleased with the quality and the ...
i.e. acoustic, electrical and/or mechanical. These different stimulation modes may be applied ipsilaterally or contralaterally. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, multimodal implant200provides acoustic and electrical stimulation, although other combinations of modes are contemplated by this invention. ...
Hard failure refers to a measurable device failure leading to malfunction, whereas soft failure indi- cates a decline in implant function without any demon- strable fault in the device [8]. Other medical reasons refer to operative site problems, such as wound infection, device migration, and ...
CochlearimplantHELP recently interviewed two senior executives at Advanced Bionics. Tracey Kruger, Vice President of Global Marketing, and Cedric Navarro, Vice President of Regulatory/Clinical Affairs and Quality have given us extraordinary insight into the workings of a cochlear implant manufacturer. ...
(e1, e2, and e3) of an electrical cochlear implant in non-injected animals in the monopolar configuration.dSTCs in response to electric current delivered via the same electrodes in bipolar configuration. White stars indicate the best electrode (BE) of each STC. The color scale in (a) ...