Cochlear implants open deaf kids' ears to the world — Los Angeles Times
The devices implanted in Tyler were crafted at Advanced Bionics in Sylmar, one of three cochlear implant makers in the world. Employees in sterile clothing assemble parts of the implant with tweezers in a hermetically sealed room. They work under microscopes: An implant contains wires that are one-100th of an inch thick.
Man pops question on TV after 'Bionic Ear' from Advanced Bionics restores hearing
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADxAtkz4hgI&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0] Barry Block had just had an Advanced Bionics “Bionic Ear,” or cochlear implant, surgically implanted about two weeks before…