Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toForward Compatibility of cochlear implants Hearing Forward Compatibility of cochlear implants May 3, 2009 Advance for Audiologists – May 1, 2009 MED-EL upgrade page: http://tinyurl.com/cx7xs8 ——————— MED-EL Introduces MAESTRO System Software Version 3.0 The MED-EL Corporation announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved MAESTRO System Software Version 3.0 for the OPUS 1 and 2 processor. The new version, which is now available, allows COMBI 40+ […] Number of comments: 2
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toHearing Preservation Hearing Hearing Preservation March 27, 2009 Today I came across http://hearingpreservation.com, a website for an annual conference on what it sounds like – hearing preservation. The abstracts from last year’s conference in Kansas City are online in a pdf file, and while most are only one page, and many go over my head by using technical terms for anontomy of the […] Number of comments: 1
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toWhy Not to get a cochlear implant Hearing Why Not to get a cochlear implant February 20, 2009 I’ve started this post twice now and it has morphed into something else… Let’s try again. There are lots of reasons to get a cochlear implant. There are also many people who will be happy to go on and on about the reasons not to get one, or more specifically why you shouldn’t get one […] Number of comments: 5
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toMy first CI evaluation Hearing My first CI evaluation February 18, 2009 It has been over 15 years since I lost my hearing. In 1993 I was told that a CI would not help me. That they didn’t produce very good sound and that speech comprehension with one was lower than I was getting with my hearing aids. I wasn’t that deaf. Honestly, I didn’t really think […] Number of comments: 7
