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!
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!
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!
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.
The Circuits and Systems society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers has published an article about the engineering challenges in cochlear implant design. While you won’t learn how to build your own implant with paper clips and rubber bands, it is a nice explanation of how the cochlea works and how cochlear implants interface with the biological system.
Read more at:
Engineering Challenges in Cochlear Implants, Design and Practice
Nammu has announced a color-of-the-week campaign. Each week a color is chosen for sale at half price! Wait for your favorite color to come around, and stock up! This week’s color is purple.
There have been many advances in robotic surgery in the past decade. These robots are controlled by surgeons, and have better fine motor control than an unassisted surgeon looking through a microscope. The promise of robotic cochlear implant surgery includes better electrode array placement, less invasive surgery, and reduced damage to residual hearing.
Mason Henoch gets a cochlear implant at Cleveland Clinic. The video does a nice job of describing cochlear implants. Not captioned.
Use the Nammu Swim Hat to go swimming with your cochlear implant processor!
The Aqua Accessory from Cochlear, and the aLOKSAK bag from, well, LOKSAK, are waterproof bags that can protect your BTE cochlear implant processor from water damage. Unfortunately, the bags can come off pretty easily if you jump in the pool or do just about anything at a water park.
The Nammu Swim Hat is a stylish way to secure your processor to your head. Our resourceful friend Ben demonstrates how to use the Nammu Swim Hat.
The hats used in the video were generously provided by Nammu.
Many thanks to the Leventhal-Sidman JCC for the use of the pool to create the video.
Deaf babies in Ireland enjoy a head start, frequently getting a cochlear implant at 7 months. However, the Health Services Executive does not provide funding for bilateral implants. Read about the struggle in the Irish Examiner.
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