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| Hearing is Believing: Precision Implantation of Cutting-Edge Hybrid Hearing DevicesPrecision Implantation of Cutting-Edge Hybrid Hearing Devices Stabilises Residual Hearing and Improves Speech Recognition Study by Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences in Krems demonstrates long-term effectiveness
By: PR&D Cochlear implants (CI) are wonders of modern technology that work by converting sound impulses into nerve signals. They allow even children and adults who have total hearing loss to perceive sound – enabling them to follow conversations and enjoy music. But not everyone who could benefit from a CI has total hearing loss.Implant candidates include people with partial hearing loss who have some low-frequency residual hearing, but severe loss in the high-frequency ranges. These frequencies are particularly important for understanding speech and successful communication. People with high-frequency hearing loss are not able to understand speech adequately with a hearing aid alone. But technological advances and surgical procedures are now enabling people with this type of hearing loss to benefit from a technology called electric-acoustic stimulation (EAS), which boosts low frequencies purely by acoustic means, while relying on the more complex electrical stimulation of the hearing nerve for mid and high frequencies. A medical team at Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences in Krems has demonstrated that the technology is effective and can stabilise long-term residual hearing. Original publication: http://www.kl.ac.at/ End
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