World’s First Fully Implanted Cochlear Implant Reaches Patients

[u/striketheviol]

https://spectrum.ieee.org/fully-implantable-cochlear-implant?itm_source=homepage&itm_medium=hero&itm_campaign=hero-2026-10-01&itm_content=hero6

[u/denNISI]

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

[u/Zahgi → u/denNISI]

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...

[u/Cheetawolf → u/Zahgi]

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

[u/denNISI → u/Cheetawolf]

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

[u/denNISI → u/Zahgi]

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

[u/DimensionalFruit]

Big win for Europe

[u/Primary_Ads → u/[deleted]]

probably wireless charging

[u/ShoulderGoesPop → u/[deleted]]

Could this not be "most lithium ion batteries"?

[u/lordnacho666]

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

[u/CanvasFanatic → u/lordnacho666]

No one thinks that

[u/Fragrant-Job-3200 → u/lordnacho666]

Did you think it would be a brain implant?

[u/Srapture → u/Fragrant-Job-3200]

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

[u/lordnacho666 → u/Fragrant-Job-3200]

Something else that a lot of people use to think with

[u/Fragrant-Job-3200]

Has AI contributed to designing this implant?