FED: Australia's cochlear pioneer working on hi-fi version
18 Dec 2008 2:33 AM
The Australian scientist who pioneered the development of cochlear implants 30 years ago is now working on a hi-fi version .. to be available in as little as five years.
Professor GRAEME CLARK says a next generation implant will not only allow deaf people to hear noise and recognise speech .. but will introduce nuance to sound .. flesh-out tone and improve on clarity.
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