Advanced Bionics Partners With Skinit to Customize Appearance of Cochlear Implants
Decorative designs allow recipients to personalize devices just in time for the holidays VALENCIA, Calif., December 9, 2009 – Advanced Bionics®, the only U.S.-based manufacturer of cochlear implants (or “bionic ears”), recently announced that the look of the world’s best performing cochlear implant system can now showcase customized designs. AB has partnered with Skinit, the [...]
Advanced Bionics Partners with Surrex Project Solutions
Advanced Bionics, a global leader in the development of cochlear implants, has partnered with Surrex Project Solutions to implement Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management software suite. Read more
Ear implant helps SoCal boy hear for first time — KCBS 2 Los Angeles
Team at Advanced Bionics develops ear implants that are giving the gift of hearing to people like this boy from Sylmar, Calif. Lisa Sigell from KCBS 2 in Los Angeles reports. See the video at CBS2.com
Cochlear Implants Give Child Gift Of Hearing — KCBS 2 Los Angeles
By Lisa Sigell KCBS 2 Los Angeles See the full article with additional photos at CBS2.com Tyler de Lara seems like a typical three-year-old, extremely outgoing and playful. But this is a change for Tyler, whose world was silent, until 10 months ago – not able to hear. His parents say he was so quiet, [...]
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
Barry Block had just had an Advanced Bionics “Bionic Ear,” or cochlear implant, surgically implanted about two weeks before this story was shot for ABC 2 WMAR-TV in Baltimore, Maryland. A cochlear implant is an electronic device for people who are profoundly deaf. It works by directly stimulating any functioning auditory nerves inside the cochlea [...]
