Cochlear Ltd., an Australian company specializing in implants and other devices for people with hearing loss, has developed a product used in a space shared by clinicians, health IT professionals and high-tech audio wizards.
Hearing aids amplify sounds to a level where they can be detected by damaged ears, but cochlear implants send signals directly to the auditory nerve, signals which the brain then recognizes as sounds, according to the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).
