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The Story of Cochlear an Australian success story.
A cochlear implant is a medical device that is implanted into the head behind
the ear of a deaf person. When used with a microphone and speech
processor it electrically stimulates the auditory nerve and results in the
person being able to hear sound.
When the system was first developed in 1978 by Graeme Clark it was
referred to as the bionic ear.
Cochlear Limited was founded in Australia in 1981 and, since then, has
maintained its position as the international leader in the manufacture and
sale of cochlear implant systems.
Cochlear implants are designed for use by adults and children who are
profoundly or severely deaf and get little or no help from hearing aids.
Cochlear's Nucleus implant systems enable hearing impaired people to
perceive most environmental sounds and speech. The number of Nucleus®
implant recipients worldwide has grown to over 27,000, with more than
13,000 of these being children. (Cochlear, 2000: 2)
The cochlear implant is an example of innovations in design, combined with
engineering, information processing and software design and development.
Cochlear is the division of the Nucleus Company producing cochlear implants.
Cochlear Implant System is an implant developed by Cochlear.
The cochlea is a part of the ear, note there is no r on the end of the word.
Bionic ear was a term coined for the cochlear implant — it appealed to the
public. An overseas company has now patented that term for its own
cochlear
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