Carina® middle-ear implant
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| 01 | application | middle ear implant at severe to total unilateral and bilateral hearing loss, no understanding of speech using hearing aids |
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| 02 | specific | couples directly to the structures of the middle ear and transmits sounds straight to the inner ear | ||||||
| 03 | company | Cochlear® | ||||||
| 04 | illustration |  |
The Implantable Microphone (TIM) (1) captures sound through the skin and sends it to the internal processor (2) this processes the sound and transmits it to the fixed MicroDrive™ system (3), the driving force of the implant. This converts the electrical signals into mechanical vibrations, and drives the tiny bones in the ear (4) , that enables to hear sound. | |||||
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| 05 | material | n/a | ||||||
| 06 | approvals | X | CE-label | X | FDA-approval | |||
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| 07 | last update | 2017-10-22 (pictures by cochlear®) | ||||||
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