HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted October 12, 2020 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04571333?term=Med-El&draw=4&rank=25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Jewel Posted October 13, 2020 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 This is very exciting. Can't wait to hear about the results of the trial. Mary Beth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted October 19, 2020 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 Med-El implanted the first totally implantable CI in September as part of this clinical study! https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/med-el-first-surgeries-ever-in-europe-with-a-totally-implantable-cochlear-implant-822559920.html?fbclid=IwAR1s3sZo7XNcSThuH-9p4QJGShlqxH5SOYEqlDAEdOKztTJqSiI2Ih4oOSA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy123 Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 This is very cool. I wonder how many years will it take before it will be available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmscarlett10 Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 This is absolutely brilliant!!! If it ends up working, it will be the start of a whole new era! I can't wait to find out!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted December 3, 2020 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 And now it has happened in Germany. https://www.berliner-sonntagsblatt.de/LMU-Klinikum-der-Universitaet-Muenchen-setzt-erstmals-vollstaendig-implantierbares-Cochlea-Implantat-in-Deutschland-ein--213121.html?fbclid=IwAR3lu9I_2NxVtuE3Tqq7IP7wEsfMm5INMJFVzqJt0dmEKQMQvW11N-S21hE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Featherston Posted December 5, 2020 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 How does it work? Do you have to plug in to recharge like an electric car?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted December 5, 2020 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 @Mary Featherston Not many details yet. A charging pad on your pillow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Featherston Posted December 5, 2020 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 @Mary Beth the more I think about it the more I think that if I were designing this I'd make it something wireless that you could put on the nightstand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted December 5, 2020 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 My mind always comes back to the fact that all rechargeable batteries eventually need to be replaced. Does this mean repeated surgical procedures? @Mary Featherston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Featherston Posted December 5, 2020 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Mary Beth said: My mind always comes back to the fact that all rechargeable batteries eventually need to be replaced. Does this mean repeated surgical procedures? @Mary Featherston @Mary Beth yes, I remember reading about a completely implantable hearing aid a few years back, and in fact you had to have a surgical procedure to replace the battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted December 5, 2020 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 @Mary Featherston Have you seen this? It’s from 2015. Very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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