Hybrid Implant Hearing Aids

If you experience high frequency or ski slope hearing loss where you have normal to moderate low frequency hearing loss but severe to profound high frequency hearing loss the cochlear nucleus hybrid implant system may be a solution.

Hybrid implant hearing aids.

Do you currently wear hearing aids. I would recommend that you speak to your audiologist about the hybrid implant and see if you can be evaluated for candidacy. Having hybrid cochlear implants are only a small part of the hearing loss management journey to have better hearing. The hybrid cochlear implant is a surgically implanted device with an external sound processor that works with the cochlear implant portion of the device and serves as a hearing aid for low frequency hearing loss.

But just do not call them hearing aids parham says. Duet processes the sound signal so that it is heard using the ideal combination of natural hearing and cochlear implant hearing. A hearing aid is also a medical device for hearing loss. Hearing implants are used when you have a hearing loss and would not benefit from the sound amplification of hearing aids.

Instead hearing aids use a microphone amplifier and. From what you described you may be a candidate. Cochlear hybrid hearing is a combination of hearing aid and cochlear implant technologies which use electro acoustic input. The external processor duet is a speech processor hearing aid combination unit.

The acoustic and electric stimulation functions of the system share a common microphone and power supply. But unlike a cochlear implant it doesn t transmit sound signals via electrodes. As presbycusis or age related hearing loss occurs in the higher frequencies first hybrid cochlear implants can become a viable option for older adults who no longer have any hearing benefits from wearing hearing aids. The hybrid system uses a special electrode that is designed to preserve your low frequency hearing.

Advances in hearing device technology over the past few years have improved the three leading implants a cochlear implant bone anchored device and middle ear implant a and resulted in a brand new hybrid cochlear implant. There is also a special type of cochlear implant called a hybrid or short array that s designed for people with very good low pitch hearing but limited high pitch hearing.