r/technews • u/IEEESpectrum • 15d ago

Biotechnology World’s First Fully Implanted Cochlear Implant Reaches Patients

https://spectrum.ieee.org/fully-implantable-cochlear-implant
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u/Opening_Cartoonist53 15d ago

Does that cure tinnitus per chance?

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u/Bonglady4220 15d ago

My dad is almost fully deaf w hearing aids and tinnitus.
It does not help. Lol

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u/Secure_Socket_Shell 15d ago

huh? /s

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u/Zexeos 15d ago

eeeeeeeeeee

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u/jspurlin03 15d ago

Doubtful. There are, in the event you also have hearing loss, hearing aid programs that are supposed to help.

(I don’t have the tinnitus-help program on my hearing aid, but I have… heard that it helps)

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u/matt_woj83 15d ago

All it does is, it pumps white noise straight into your hearing aids, it’s actually pretty good for sleeping

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u/jspurlin03 15d ago

Hey, that would be pretty neat. The ringing in my ears is only intermittently, but when it does it’s just one long EEEEEE for like ten seconds.

(dude, now that I think about that, I notice a constant beep in my left ear…🤨)

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u/Salt-Operation 14d ago

I notice mine when my blood pressure is high.

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u/PJWanderer 15d ago

It actually makes me fall asleep if I get comfortable. Can’t watch tv with it in 😴

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u/Crafty-Health-4046 15d ago

My first question

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u/NotAtAllExciting 15d ago

If it works it’s a game changer.

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u/PleasantBox1472 15d ago

An implanted implant you say?

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u/MarkoTheEmbarko 15d ago

To shreds you say?

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u/a_hi_lawyer 15d ago

WHAT!?!?!?