Sentences with phrase «existing cochlear implants»

«There are plenty of people who are not happy with existing cochlear implants,» he says.

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.

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.

Not exact matches

Lustig points out that the new cochlear implant would require a more complex surgery than existing implants do.