First Implantable Cochlear Implant Launches

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A new, fully implanted cochlear implant from Austrian company Med-El now offers the prospect of round-the-clock hearing without any visible sign. Since the 1980s, cochlear implants have been used to bypass damaged parts of the ear in people with severe-to-profound hearing loss. But after more than 15 years of development, on Tuesday the company launched the TICI Unico, the world’s first commercially available fully implanted cochlear implant (or TICI, Totally Implantable Cochlear Implant). For the first time, invisible hearing with a cochlear implant is possible.

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