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Article: FDA Approves Revolutionary Cochlear Implant System
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- June 26, 1998
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Nucleus 24 Cochlear Implant and ESPrit Ear Level Speech Processor
Now Available For Severe-To-Profoundly Deaf Adults And Children
DENVER, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released the Nucleus(R) 24 Channel Cochlear Implant and the ESPrit(TM) Ear Level Speech Processor for use in severe-to-profoundly deaf adults and profoundly deaf children as young as age 18 months. This is the first true advance in cochlear implant technology in more than a decade, and one that combines the most sophisticated technology with the simplest, most cosmetically discreet external device available.
Among its many ...