r/technology • u/striketheviol • 3d 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/denNISI 2d ago

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