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Article: Mimosa Acoustics Homing in on hearing problems.
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- News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana, IL)
- Article date:
- February 26, 2006
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Byline: Don Dodson Dodsonnews
Feb. 26--CHAMPAIGN -- Mimosa Acoustics has received FDA approval to market a device that can identify hearing problems related to the middle ear.
But ironically, one of its greatest benefits may be ruling out severe hearing problems in newborn babies.
Champaign-based Mimosa got word from the Food and Drug Administration on Feb. 10 that its wideband Middle Ear Power Analyzer had been approved for commercial use.
The device, which determines how much acoustic energy is reflected and absorbed in the middle ear, had been used only for research purposes prior to FDA approval.
Now Mimosa's president, ...