Following MED-EL’s lead on longer warranties for external equipment, Cochlear matches the 5-year warranty in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico as part of the 5 for Life program. Read the terms and conditions here.
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Spy Photo – CR210 Basic Remote Control for Cochlear CP900 Processors
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Health Canada Approves new Advanced Bionics and Cochlear Processors
Eagle-eyed Bob MacPherson has struck gold again, uncovering Health Canada approvals for both Advanced Bionics‘ and Cochlear‘s new sound processors! Following is a list of specific components licensed:
Advanced Bionics
- Naida CI Q70 (processor)
- Zinc-Air battery pack
- T-mic 2
- 3 rechargeable battery sizes
- Power adapter (charger?)
- CPI-3 (programming hardware?)
Cochlear
- CP 910 Processor
- CP 920 Processor
- Accessory adapter
- Bilateral personal audio cable
- Coil & Cable
- Integrated Coil
- Lapel mike
- Litewear (off-ear battery option)
- Magnet
- Mains isolation cable
- Monitor earphones
- Personal audio cable
- Portable phone cable
- Programming shoe with cable
- Standard battery module (compact battery seems to missing)
- CP920 coil cable (tighter bend, since there is no accessory port to block)
- Charging kit
- Remote controls (CR210 & CR230)
- Intraoperative remote assitant (to check functionality in the OR)
- Power Domes, speaker unit, and earhook for acoustic stimulation hybrid operation
- Processing unit plug
- Stetoclip (sounds surgical)
Bonus points go to Cochlear for providing lots of accessories, such as the bilateral personal audio cable! The portable phone cable is interesting – is this in addition to a wireless means of connecting to cell phones, or instead of one?
New Product Announcements?
With Advanced Bionics, Cochlear, and MED-EL all preparing to announce new processors, a room full of professionals is always a good place to watch. There aren’t many cochlear implant conferences coming up, so the British Cochlear Implant Group conference on March 21st and 22nd bears close scrutiny.
The programme includes time for AB, Cochlear, MED-EL and Neurelec to provide manufacturer’s updates. While CochlearimplantHELP.com has no specific product introduction information, we have been reporting on the upcoming devices.
Advanced Bionics:
AB is readying a new processor with wireless capabilities and features from Phonak. You can stream the phone audio from one ear to the other (another AB implant or a Phonak hearing aid). Connect to phones, music players, etc. via BlueTooth through the ComPilot. More information is available in this brochure.
Cochlear:
The Nucleus 6 processor will be available in two sizes – with or without an accessory port. The processor may offer wireless capabilities using the remote as a gateway device. And it may be possible to program the processor remotely! The Nucleus 6 will also be able to act as a hybrid hearing aid / cochlear implant, using the Acoustic Component.
MED-EL:
MED-EL has been busy as well, preparing the RONDO one-piece processor. This is the world’s first processor to be completely self-contained. The batteries, processor, and headpiece are all one unit. Nothing sits on the ear at all!
Neurelec:
This French cochlear implant manufacturer has a time slot to provide an update at the conference as well. The current system from Neurelec is very creative – one implant has two arrays, one for each cochlea! Externally, the Saphyr processor sits on one ear, and a wired microphone is on the other ear. This system provides true stereo sound.
More New Cochlear Processor Spy Photos
These photos confirm that Cochlear’s new processor will be available in two versions. The larger one has an accessory port, which can be used for direct audio input, a lapel microphone, or with earbuds or headphones to check that the processor and audio accessories are working properly.
Notice that two rechargeable battery sizes are shown. There is also a disposable battery option, and a battery holder that uses two disposable batteries.
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Cochlear CEO Chris Roberts on Navigating a Disaster
Chris Roberts
The CEO of Cochlear describes his well-received response to the CI500 series recall. Read more in the Australian business journal Leading Company.
New Cochlear Processor Spy Photo
Once again, CochlearimplantHELP.com delivers spy images of a new product! The CP900 series from Cochlear, dubbed Nucleus 6 on various web forums, seems to come in two sizes. The image shows two different battery sizes, but the processors themselves are different as well.
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!
Nammu Swim Hat
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 Nammu Hat is comfortable! It’s easy to put on, and doesn’t tug at your hair when you take it off.
- While the Aqua Accessory is designed to sit on your ear, it can be rotated up so that it is completely under the Nammu Hat. Just make sure to keep the headpiece magnet in the correct location. This prevents water from getting underneath it and pulling the whole assembly off.
- The aLOKSAK bag doesn’t sit on your ear at all, so it has to go under 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.
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