Hearing loss support - Cochlear unveils new implant

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Cochlear unveils new implant

Ted F.

2005-05-26, 10:52 pm

I was particularly interested in the part about classical music:

http://tinyurl.com/9eaup

Ted F.

jenkins@nospam.netzero.net

2005-05-27, 11:51 am

On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:09:47 +1000, Ted F. <tedf@downunder.com.au>
wrote:

>I was particularly interested in the part about classical music:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/9eaup
>
>Ted F.

Why do you post a URL that requires subscribing with personal
information that is no doubt, sold to data miners for nefarious
purposes? Post the article if you want some one to read it.

nobody

2005-05-27, 11:51 am

On Fri, 27 May 2005 08:09:24 -0700, jenkins@nospam.netzero.net wrote:

>On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:09:47 +1000, Ted F. <tedf@downunder.com.au>
>wrote:
>
>
>Why do you post a URL that requires subscribing with personal
>information that is no doubt, sold to data miners for nefarious
>purposes? Post the article if you want some one to read it.

It didn't ask for registration. Here's the article:

Cochlear unveils new implant
May 27, 2005 - 8:29AM

Australian hearing implant developer Cochlear has unveiled a new
implant system it says will revolutionise the lives of the hearing
impaired.

The Nucleus Freedom implant has been seven years in the making and
cost $100 million to develop.

Unlike hearing aids, which amplify sound, Cochlear implants bypass the
damaged part of the ear and stimulate the hearing nerve directly.

The new device features four tiny computers designed to give users
much better clarity of sound in a range of different situations, from
quiet rooms to busy streets.

Unlike its implant predecessor, it can automatically adjust to
different noise environments, beaming in on sounds that are important
and sorting out those that are not.

Cochlear's chief scientist Professor Jim Patrick said the system
represented a true technological breakthrough, calling it a "quantum
leap forward in terms of sophistication and design".

"This will revolutionise the lives of the hearing impaired. It's a
tour de force," he said.
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Len Ulrich, a 68-year-old retiree from Springwood in the Blue
Mountains, is one of the first Australians to trial the Freedom
implant.

In 1975 he was diagnosed with Meniere's disease, a disorder of the
inner ear which causes severe hearing loss, forcing him into an early
retirement.

He received a Cochlear implant in July 2003 and started using the
Freedom device soon after.

Mr Ulrich said it had totally changed his life, enabling him to get
involved in his local community and enhanced his relationships with
family and friends.

"The clarity of conversation with my grandkids is so good my
relationships have changed. I now speak to them on the phone for
hours," he said.

It also has enabled him to enjoy the finer things in life such as
classical music, the sound of rain on a tin roof and the call of the
bellbirds that surround his house.

"My wife used to always tell me `the bellbirds are going again', and I
could never hear them," he said.

"Now I can, and it's absolutely glorious. It's like I'm transported
into the forest."

The Nucleus Freedom implant has recently gained US and European
regulatory approval and will be exported around the world.

Y. Karelsen

2005-05-27, 5:53 pm

<jenkins@nospam.netzero.net> wrote in message
news:3forfjF8vlonU2@individual.net...
> On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:09:47 +1000, Ted F. <tedf@downunder.com.au>
> wrote:
>
>
> Why do you post a URL that requires subscribing with personal
> information that is no doubt, sold to data miners for nefarious
> purposes? Post the article if you want some one to read it.

I also did not need to register.
Two questions of an ignorant person:

1. How do we have to envisage 'stimulate the hearing nerve directly.' Is
this really a totally new invention?

2. Why does Mr. Ulrich has to speak 'on the phone' with his grandkids? Do
they refuse to visit the granpa? Or is he referring to his hearing aid as
'the phone'?

Seriously, I want to know more about this, especially more independent
reports that do not look like commercials.

Y K

Ted F.

2005-05-28, 8:53 am

Ted F.

2005-05-28, 8:53 am

On Fri, 27 May 2005 21:49:22 +0200, "Y. Karelsen"
<karlesenyyy@hetneet.nl> wrote:

>
>I also did not need to register.
>Two questions of an ignorant person:
>
>1. How do we have to envisage 'stimulate the hearing nerve directly.' Is
>this really a totally new invention?
>
>2. Why does Mr. Ulrich has to speak 'on the phone' with his grandkids? Do
>they refuse to visit the granpa? Or is he referring to his hearing aid as
>'the phone'?

One possible reason could be that they live either in another country
or a long way away from him.

Ted F.

>
>Seriously, I want to know more about this, especially more independent
>reports that do not look like commercials.
>
>Y K
>

Y. Karelsen

2005-05-28, 8:53 am

Can someone explain what exactly the difference is between this and other
cochlear inplants? I understand the difference with regular HA's.

"Ted F." <tedf@downunder.com.au> wrote in message
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>I was particularly interested in the part about classical music:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/9eaup
>
> Ted F.

Steve B.

2005-05-28, 5:51 pm

jenkins@nospam.netzero.net said:

> On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:09:47 +1000, Ted F. <tedf@downunder.com.au>
> wrote:
>
>
> Why do you post a URL that requires subscribing with personal
> information that is no doubt, sold to data miners for nefarious
> purposes? Post the article if you want some one to read it.

This URL takes me straight to the article. At what point were you asked to
register? Does it work for me because I already use tinyurl myself?

Steve = : ^ )

Y. Karelsen

2005-05-29, 8:52 am

"Steve B." <prettygood@everything.com.au> wrote in message
news:BEBF3144.575AF%prettygood@everything.com.au...
> jenkins@nospam.netzero.net said:
>
>
> This URL takes me straight to the article. At what point were you asked to
> register? Does it work for me because I already use tinyurl myself?
>
> Steve = : ^ )
>

At first, I got the article right away, a few hours later when I wanted to
go there again, I had to register. Maybe they have happy hours when you can
read without complications...
Befor I never ued the site. But Google with "cochlear nucleus freedom",
give aome information, most of it of a commercial nature.
Yvo

Paul Knudsen

2005-06-08, 8:52 am