Location
Cocoa Beach
Start Date
28-4-2007 8:00 AM
Description
This paper will provide a brief history and description of the Cochlear Implant, including early research, development, experimentation, and implementation of the implant plus the names of many of the most renowned developers and producers.
research subsequent to the experience of personal hearing loss onset in the Early 1970s, deriving design of basic specifications for simulation of the electronic functioning of the inner ear (Cochlea) in humans.
Kissiah’s subsequent award of Patent (4,063,048, December 13, 1977) accomplished through the Kennedy Space Center’s Technology Commercialization Program and Patent Counsel, James O. Harrell, Esq.
Third: How our natural hearing mechanism works, and how the Cochlear implant works in the correction of hearing loss.
Fourth: Information regarding implant availability including manufacturers, costs, clinics, surgical aspects, and post-operative activation (therapy) considerations.
Fifth: Sources for additional information.
Technical Paper Session II - Cochlear Implant Technology
Cocoa Beach
This paper will provide a brief history and description of the Cochlear Implant, including early research, development, experimentation, and implementation of the implant plus the names of many of the most renowned developers and producers.
research subsequent to the experience of personal hearing loss onset in the Early 1970s, deriving design of basic specifications for simulation of the electronic functioning of the inner ear (Cochlea) in humans.
Kissiah’s subsequent award of Patent (4,063,048, December 13, 1977) accomplished through the Kennedy Space Center’s Technology Commercialization Program and Patent Counsel, James O. Harrell, Esq.
Third: How our natural hearing mechanism works, and how the Cochlear implant works in the correction of hearing loss.
Fourth: Information regarding implant availability including manufacturers, costs, clinics, surgical aspects, and post-operative activation (therapy) considerations.
Fifth: Sources for additional information.
