Sentences with phrase «cochlear implant patients»

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Rather than replace existing cochlear implants, it's likely that the two technologies will be combined, to give patients a system with greater flexibility that can adapt to their needs over time.

Two of their collaborators at MEEI — Konstantina Stankovic, an ear surgeon who co-led the study with Chandrakasan, and Don Eddington — tested it on four patients who already had cochlear implants and found that it had no effect on their ability to hear.

Existing cochlear implants use an external microphone to gather sound, but the new implant would instead use the natural microphone of the middle ear, which is almost always intact in cochlear - implant patients.

Four years ago Cochlear, a firm based in Sydney, Australia, ran trials of a prototype implant in three patients, with mixed results, says Jan Janssen, head of Cochlear's design and development.

As a hearing specialist and surgeon at Johns Hopkins Medical Center, he performs cochlear implants in patients to restore hearing and enable the deaf to appreciate music.

We provide several types of cochlear implants, depending on a patient's need.

• Treat patients with cochlear implants, including monitoring and programming the devices, and providing assistance to help patients as necessary.