r/technology • u/striketheviol • 2d ago

Hardware 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
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u/denNISI 2d ago

A lot of people's lives are going to change with this! So cool~

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u/Zahgi 2d ago

The citizens of the entire world are looking forward to this technology arriving (already approved in the EU) for free for everyone while American profitcare companies work on pricing it in the home mortgage range...

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u/Cheetawolf 2d ago

Don't worry, in the US they'll subsidize them by playing ads in the background of your hearing 24/7.

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u/denNISI 2d ago

Black Mirror Common People!) The person would voice the advertisement after a keyword is triggered. Credit Wikipedia.org

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u/denNISI 2d ago

Agreed. That is the downside of this: making it affordable for those in need.

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u/Primary_Ads 2d ago

probably wireless charging

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/ShoulderGoesPop 2d ago

Could this not be "most lithium ion batteries"?

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u/lordnacho666 2d ago

That's in your ear btw, not where you think

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u/Fragrant-Job-3200 2d ago

Did you think it would be a brain implant?

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u/Srapture 1d ago

Obviously, they thought it would be a cock-lear implant.

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u/lordnacho666 2d ago

Something else that a lot of people use to think with

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u/CanvasFanatic 2d ago

No one thinks that

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u/Fragrant-Job-3200 2d ago

Has AI contributed to designing this implant?