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Can You Hear That? It's the Future

Posted July 07, 2010 10:36 AM

From Discover Health & Medicine:

Jonathan's big smile and those of his happy parents are brought to you by the marvel of cochlear implants. That the video is blowing up all over the tubes is a pretty good indicator that external, visible augmentation is moving steadily toward mainstream acceptance. Jonathan is joining the nearly 200,000 people world wide who've received a "bionic ear."

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07/07/2010 11:14 AM

For an approximation of how a cochlear implant recepiant actually hears the world, take a listen to this site:

http://www.hei.org/research/aip/audiodemos.htm

Keep in mind that according to that site most cochlear listeners experience audio only in the 4 to 8 channel range.
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07/07/2010 7:14 PM

fascinating demo. thank you.

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