The Nucleus 6 has received regulatory approval in Korea and Canada. For the full update, see the press release.
Cochlear receives FDA approval for Aqua Accessory (with demos)
The Aqua Accessory for the Nucleus 5 processor has received FDA approval.
Here’s how to set one up!
You can jump into the water with your Aqua Acessory with confidence using a Nammu Swim Hat!
Advanced Bionics Receives US FDA Approval for HiFocus Mid-Scala Array
Advanced Bionics has received regulatory approval from the United States FDA. The array has already received approval from the European agency TÜV and Health Canada.
More information about the array here.
Official AB press release
Northeast Cochlear Implant Convention
A unique coming-together of cochlear implant users, their parents, grandparents, spouses, educators, and clinicians that only happens every-other year:
The Northeast Cochlear Implant Convention
Friday-Sunday July 26-28, 2013
Holiday Inn, Boxboro, Massachusetts
Friday’s sessions are geared towards professionals, particularly those who work with children with cochlear implants. Saturday and Sunday is of general interest to people with cochlear implants and their families, and a great place to meet others. Child care and children’s programs keep the kids entertained with fun activities and excursions, letting adults attend talks or just mingle. There will also be groups for teens and – new this year – a program for young adults. (This is the same meeting held previously in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.)
You do not need to be a CI recipient to attend. Everyone is welcome: those with CIs as well as individuals who use hearing aids, parents of children who use hearing aids, and people who don’t use any kind of hearing devices, deaf and hearing alike.
For more information, including registration, visit:
http://neciconvention.org/Welcome.html
http://neciconvention.org/Welcome.html
Be there and make it great!
Clinicians/Educators: If you have patients/clients/students that may be interested in going to this conference, please forward this announcement, including to those who are considering a cochlear implant for themselves or a family member. It’s a great place to meet people and ask questions.
MED-EL double processor offer
As of today, May 23, MED-EL will have a special offer for RONDO and OPUS 2 – it’s called “2 Ways to Hear.” Basically, it means that anybody who chooses a MED-EL cochlear implant from now until December 31, 2013, will receive both the RONDO single-unit processor and the OPUS 2 behind-the-ear processor. This offer is not restricted to any specific country.
Read details on the global press release, and on the US press release.
Cochlear announces Nucleus 6 system
The Nucleus® 6 System is our most advanced hearing solution to date, designed with a clear purpose – to help you simply enjoy smarter hearing.
The announcement doesn’t say when the processor will be available. It is awaiting FDA approval in the US. Key features of the processor include combined electro-acoustic stimulation, and wireless connectivity (when the accessories become available).
Learn more here!
AB launches Naída CI Q70 in Europe and Canada
“Sonova Holding AG, the world’s leading provider of hearing solutions, announces today that its subsidiary Advanced Bionics (AB) is launching its new Naída CI Q70 (Naida CI) sound processor. The device is now commercially available in Europe, Canada and several other countries in the world.”
Read more about it in Sonova’s Naída CI Q70 media release dated 23 May 2013.
MED-EL Cochlear Implant CE-marked for Single-Sided Deafness
May 13, 2013 – (Innsbruck, Austria) – MED-EL has become the first hearing implant company to receive approval for marketing cochlear implants for the indication of Single-Sided Deafness in countries that acknowledge the CE mark.
The CE marking or formerly EC mark, is a mandatory conformity marking for products sold in the European Economic Area (EEA) since 1993.
Competition: He Is Not Me
There are two weeks left to win a signed copy of ‘He Is Not Me’. In less than 200 words, write about your favourite cochlear implant moment. You don’t need to be a CI user.
Open to CI recipients, their friends and family, and even their audiologist, speech therapists and surgeons.
Deadline for entries: 12:00 GMT Friday 31 May
Find out more details at the HeIsNotMe competition page!
Advanced Bionics Launches Two iPad Rehabilitation Apps
Advanced Bionics announces the launch of two sophisticated iPadｮ apps, designed to help adults learning to hear with cochlear implants and hearing professionals working with children.
CLIX is the first installment in a suite of rehabilitation applications that make up the Advanced Bionics Listening Exercises (able). The free CLIX app is designed to help adult cochlear implant recipients practice listening for word differences in both quiet and noise. It can also be used by adults with hearing aids.
The second app released from AB, IT-MAIS, is a version of a popular assessment tool
used by professionals around the world to evaluate a young child’s response to sound
during their first few years of listening with hearing technology.
For more information, see the press release.
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