Toy Dolls with Hearing Aids and Even a Cochlear Implant

Lottie Doll with Cochlear Implant A patient's mom recently informed me that toy companies are now making dolls that reflect the same disabilities that children may have triggered by the viral #justlikeme campaign. With respect to ENT, this mainly entails dolls with hearing aids and even a cochlear implant . The most recent addition in 2017 is a Lottie Doll named Mia, a wildlife photographer who also happens to wear a left cochlear implant. Ideally, this doll should have been made …

11/18/2017 0

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Cochlear Implant Video - "Bionic Ear"

This video  demonstrates how a cochlear implant (aka, "bionic ear") surgery is performed. Both animation and actual surgery are shown to illustrate this procedure. With this surgery, patients who are deaf or suffering from severe  hearing loss  may now be able to hear. The video below is animation only as some people may find watching actual surgery a bit much. Click to see if you are a candidate for a cochlear implant. Listen to what a cochlear implant sounds like to a …

11/22/2015 0

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How Good is the Sound With a "Bionic" Ear? [Audio Simulations]

Given the media exposure (and popular  YouTube videos ) of patients getting their "bionic ear" turned on with subsequent tears of joy... there is an often mistaken belief that such bionic ears, otherwise known as cochlear implants , provide superior hearing compared to an ordinary hearing aid . A cochlear implant is actually implanted through the skull and directly into the cochlea rather than placed on the outside of the ear (watch video ). Well, this blog article will try to pro…

6/28/2015 0

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Am I a Candidate for the Bionic Ear???

Given the media exposure (and popular YouTube videos ) of patients getting their "bionic ear" turned on with subsequent tears of joy... it is no wonder that patients disappointed in their "ordinary" hearing aids come knocking on their ENT's door desiring a bionic ear as well. Otherwise known as a cochlear implant , the device is actually implanted through the skull and directly into the cochlea rather than placed on the outside of the ear (watch video ). Unfortunat…

6/27/2015 0

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