Oticon Medical’s Sentio System Gets Innovative Technology Award
Oticon Medical’s Sentio System was honored in the Auditory Implants: Bone Conduction category at the Hearing Technology Innovator Awards.
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Oticon Neuro System Receives FDA Premarket Approval
Oticon Medical announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted premarket approval (PMA) to the company’s Neuro System to treat individuals 18 years or older, with bilateral severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss, who obtain limited benefit from appropriately fitted hearing aid(s).
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IotaMotion, Inc Announces Completion of Robotics-Assisted Cochlear Implant Insertions Using IotaSOFT System
This study is intended to gather confirmatory clinical evidence in support of the safety and performance of the investigational iotaSOFT system when used as a surgical support instrument during cochlear implant surgery with adults. These data will be used to support the company's de novo premarket submission with the FDA.
Med-El USA Launches BCI 602 Implant for Bonebridge
MED-EL USA announced the launch of the BCI 602, the second-generation implant for the BONEBRIDGE...
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Managing People with Sensorineural and Conductive Unilateral Hearing Loss and Single-Sided Deafness
CROS and BiCROS hearing aids are not the only treatment options for those with unilateral hearing loss. This article reviews other options and potential future avenues for unilateral sensorineural hearing loss and single-sided deafness, as well as for unilateral conductive hearing loss.
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Researchers Develop Virtual Model of Cochlea
Improved modeling for speech and music transduction could boost the performance of cochlear implants.
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Oticon Medical Launches Ponto 4
Ponto 4 is reportedly “the smallest bone anchored device on the market,” according to Oticon, who says it’s 27% smaller than Ponto 3.
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Cochlear Receives FDA Approval for Nucleus Profile Plus and Nucleus 7 Sound Processor
The Nucleus Profile Plus Series Cochlear Implant will be commercially available later this month. The Nucleus Profile Plus Series Cochlear Implant is still awaiting approval by Health Canada.
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Advanced Bionics Wins 2019 MedTech Breakthrough Award for HiRes Ultra 3D Cochlear Implant
According to AB, the Ultra 3D multi-magnet assembly is capable of aligning with the magnetic field of the MRI scanner irrespective of patient orientation or movement.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Releases ‘Function and Dysfunction of the Cochlea’
The book describes major advances in our understanding of the pathogenic processes underlying various forms of hearing loss and the emergence of treatments for deafness.
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Oticon Medical Obtains FDA 501(k) Clearance to Market Ponto 4
Ponto 4 will officially launch in the US in early summer 2019.
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Hear the World Foundation to Provide Vietnamese Children with Cochlear Implants
Hear the World Foundation has partnered with the Global Foundation for Children with Hearing Loss to provide 10 children with CIs, support, and service.
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Oticon Medical Launches Ponto Trial Companion App
The app is said to guide patients to experience different listening situations, from quiet home settings to more demanding environments, like restaurants, and rate their hearing experience.
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Deaf Children with Implants Since Infancy More Likely to Speak
Researchers from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago present further evidence that deaf children who received cochlear implants (implanted electronic hearing device) before 12 months of age learn to more rapidly understand spoken language and are more likely to develop spoken language as their exclusive form of communication.
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Vanderbilt University Researchers Plan to Study Personalized Cochlear Implant Programming for Children
Children currently receive the same type of cochlear implant programming as adults even though a child’s ability to process speech information and discriminate pitch is much less developed.
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Adult Cochlear Implant Users’ QoL May Be Correlated with Detecting Emotion in Speech
Implant users filled out a survey regarding their quality of life that asked questions about social interaction and self-esteem, among others. Those who had correctly identified more emotional utterances were found to also report better quality of life.
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Medicaid Program in Maryland Now Covers Hearing Devices for Adults Over 21
Marylanders can access these services by contacting their primary care physician for a referral to an audiologist who can complete an assessment for audiology services.
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New Textbook on Cochlear Implants by Jace Wolfe Released by Plural Publishing
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.
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