PRODUCT BRIEFS: FDA okays 1/3-size cochlear implant

BBI Newsletter, The, August 1, 1998

A cochlear implant/processor combination to improve the hearing of severe to profoundly deaf adults, and profoundly deaf children who are very young, has been approved for commercialization by the FDA. The Nucleus 24 Channel Cochlear Implant, produced by Cochlear Corp. (Denver, Colorado), is an implant/processor combination one-third the size of other implants, enabling implantation in children as young as 18 months.