Advanced Bionics’ new HiFocus Mid-Scala electrode array has received European approval from the TÜV regulatory agency.
Read the press release!
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Former Miss America Heather Whitestone Gets a Cochlear Implant
Edit: Although the referenced article was published in February 2013, Ms. Whitestone (now Ms. Whitestone McCallum) received her first cochlear implant in 2002. The numbers and costs listed in the article are correspondingly out of date.
In 1995 Heather Whitestone became the first deaf woman to be crowned Miss America. Now she’s the first Miss America alum to get a cochlear implant. Read more with Dr. Donnica!
Auditory Transduction Animation by Brandon Pletsch
Check out this spectacular animation of how the normal ear works! There are no captions. The automated captions are pretty funny when they try to guess the medical terms.
App Review: Rehabilitation Game
Tina Childress
For iPad, iPhone
Rehabilitation Game by Neurelec is a great FREE app and was developed to work on auditory skills in either French or English, in either Adult mode or Child mode (they use the same stimuli but the interface is a little different) and at different levels that get progressively more difficult.
You will be working on the following skills:
1. Detection – tap on the screen when you hear the stimulus
2. Discrimination – tap on the screen when you hear the stimulus that is different…this one was HARD and towards the end, even if you are in English mode, I noticed some stimuli with funny looking accents. 🙂 Methinks there is a bug.
3. Identification – tap on the item that you hear…this is across a variety of environments like a bathroom, kitchen, backyard, on a street
One feature that I always appreciate is that it will keep track of your progress over time.
Happy Hearing!
Tina Childress, M.A., CCC-A
Educational Audiologist, late-deafened adult, bilateral cochlear implant recipient, techno-geek
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Advanced Bionics New BTE Processor – Coming Summer 2013
Advanced Bionics leaks a bit more about programs for the new BTE processor. It looks like you can get an implant now, and get the latest processor when it becomes available this summer in the US.
Look for the ‘Answering the Call‘ page on Advanced Bionics’ web site, and fill out the form for more information!
Cochlear Celebration Nammu Hat Discount!
If you are planning to attend Cochlear Celebration in February, make sure to pack a Nammu Swim Hat! Nammu is offering a 20% discount with the code CochlearCelebration. Order soon to make sure it arrives from Canada before you leave!
Meet the 2013 Graeme Clark Scholarship Winners
Lexi Grafe
Congratulations to the 2013 Graeme Clark Scholarship Winners!
Some details about the scholarship:
Who is eligible for the program?
- Scholarship applicants must have Nucleus Cochlear Implant.
- Available to those currently completing their final year of high school, to mature aged students who have been accepted into a university, and to current undergraduate and graduate university students.
- Scholarship applicants must have applied or be enrolled in an accredited college, university or technical school.
- Scholarship applicants must receive a 2.5 GPA or better to enroll for and maintain the scholarship.
What is the value of the scholarship award?
- Scholarship value is $2,000 per year for up to four years, assuming the scholarship recipient maintains a 2.5 GPA or better.
- Scholarship is paid in annual installments on the completion of each year of study.
Entries for next year’s scholarship will be accepted beginning in March 2013. Check here for details!
FDA Approves Clinical Trial of Auditory Brainstem Implant Procedure for Children in the U.S.
L.A.-based House Research Institute and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given final approval to begin a clinical trial of an Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI) procedure for children.
See the full press release.
Man to bicycle over 10,000 miles to raise $1,000,000 for cochlear implant charities
Jacob Landis, a cochlear implant recipient at age 10, is combining his loves of baseball, bicycling, and cochlear implant advocacy to raise one million dollars for cochlear implant charities this summer.
Jacob will bicycle around North America this summer stopping at all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums, raising cochlear implant awareness at the same time as he raises funds. You can join Jacob at a game, or ride part of the route with him! He has already accrued an impressive list of corporate sponsors in addition to private donations.
Congratulations in advance to Jacob! You’ve already achieved a tremendous amount before you even get on your bike for the first leg!
Happy New Ear Campaign in Ireland
Parents at Beaumont Hospital in Ireland have started a campaign to try and get health care coverage for bilateral implants for their children. We first reported the single implant per child last month here.
Now these parents have created a video letter to the Minister of Health to plead their case.
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