Guest guest Posted April 23, 2001 Report Share Posted April 23, 2001 From Medscape Pediatrics Newsletter-- WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) Mar 22 - Advanced Bionics Corporation announced on Thursday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Clarion CII Bionic Ear System for the treatment of severe or profound hearing loss in adults and children. The CII Bionic Ear works by delivering electrical stimulation directly to the hearing nerve, providing " real time " sound to the patient, and it provides over 10 times more sound information than the current fastest cochlear implant technology, ABC noted in a news release. The device converts into digital code speech and environmental sounds collected by its external component, which is then sent via radio waves to the implanted Bionic Ear itself, the company explained. The system's electrodes deliver the sound information to the hearing nerve fibers, which in turn transmit that information to the brain. The company estimated that about 460,000 to 740,000 people in the US have severe or profound hearing impairment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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