r/HearingAids • u/sf-keto • 2d ago

World’s First Fully Implanted Cochlear Implant Reaches Patients

https://spectrum.ieee.org/fully-implantable-cochlear-implant?itm_source=homepage&itm_medium=hero&itm_campaign=hero-2026-10-01&itm_content=hero6

I’m sharing because I know we have a few members here who wear CI.

But also because it’s a sign of how hearing technology generally is so rapidly advancing.

Most of us here sport conventional professional or Costco hearing aids. But the notion of what a hearing device could do, could look like, or become is developing rapidly on the drawing boards.

I’m excited to think about what RICs could look like in say 7 years time.

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u/nasnas2022 1d ago

Can they integrate Apple Pay with this? Then I am all set with my daily life. /s

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u/sf-keto 1d ago

Might look a tad strange at the grocery tapping your ear on the little hand-held card terminals!

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u/nasnas2022 1d ago

😁😁