Medgadget: How does the ability to directly stream sound from Apple mobile devices to the Nucleus 7 sound processor improve upon how patients engage with their mobile devices today? Now in 2017, we have introduced the worldвЂ™s first Made for iPhone cochlear implant sound processor - the Nucleus 7 Sound Processor - providing a new level of access to the digital world for people with severe to profound hearing loss. In 2015, we released the BahaВ 5 Sound Processor вЂ“ the first ever Made for iPhone bone conduction sound processor, available to people with moderate to severe hearing loss. Jan Janssen:В CochlearвЂ™s engineering team has had an ongoing collaboration with AppleвЂ™s team dedicated to вЂaccessibilityвЂ™ and expanding Made for iPhone technology to more people. Mike Batista, Medgadget : Where did the opportunity to work with Apple on the next generation of Nucleus technology originate? To learn more about how the Nucleus 7 takes an important step forward in closing the technology gap for some 360 million individuals worldwide living with hearing loss, Medgadget had a chance to speak with Jan Janssen, Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Cochlear. The Nucleus 7 is expected to be available in the US and Canada by September of this year. Through this integration, suchВ individualsВ can directly stream sound from their iPhone to their implant to use features like FaceTime, teleconferencing, or auditory map navigation directly from their mobile device. AddingВ the ability to directly interface with mobile technologies to its line of cochlear implant sound processorsВ extends this significant improvement in quality of life to those living with evenВ more severe levels of hearing loss. Known for itвЂ™s Nucleus cochlear implant and Baha bone conduction implant technologies, Cochlear previously released the worldвЂ™s first Made for iPhone bone conduction sound processor in 2015.

Cochlear,В aВ medical deviceВ company at the forefront of the worldвЂ™s hearing implant market, has announced the Nucleus 7 Sound Processor, the worldвЂ™s first Made for iPhone cochlear implant sound processor, in partnership with Apple.

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