In July Cochlear announced its latest hearing implant system the Nucleus 5. It then recieved FDA approval in September to begin selling in the US. It consists of the next generation implant and next generation external processor. The Nucleus 5 is the worlds thinnest cochlear implant and is 40 per cent thinner and two-and-a-half times stronger than the previous device.

Both the implant and external processor are compatible with the current Nucleus Freedom cochlear implant system, so the implant and the external processor can be released independently. Five research trials have shown that the Nucleus 5 speech recognition scores are higher than with other cochlear implant systems. Its built to last a lifetime and the wearer can relax around water with the water resistant sound processor.

Clinical data on user acceptance testing of the Cochlear Nucleus 5 externals were presented at several major medical conferences in June 2009. More than 100 patients have participated in these tests. Results on product clinical validation of the new implant have also been presented at these conferences.

The Nucleus 5 has already been released in the UK and US and Cochlear is planning to launch the products in other European countries, and Australia next year as various regulatory and reimbursement approvals are obtained.

Cochlear currently has a 70 per cent share of the global market and competes with rivals Med El from Austria and Advanced Bionics from California. Cochlear has also announced it is working towards a totally implantable version in the future stating that complex implantable microphones are in need of further development in a recent announcement.

Sources: Cochlear.com

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written by SiteAdmin , November 15, 2009

The community group for this can be found here. http://www.upgradeyourbody.com...group.html

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written by Kamila , September 07, 2009

I would like to purchase the new version for my 5 years son (cochlear nucleus freedom recipient) but I do not have that money.

Kamila

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written by neuro , August 29, 2009

hi,
I think you are doing human trials, at least with children (see the web cordbloodregistry -->> http://www.cordblood.com/regen...ngloss.asp ).
In this blog http://deafdude1.blogspot.com/...human.html you can also stay informed on human trials.
greetings!

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