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Optogenetic Brain System to Give Blind People Sight
While there has been a good deal of progress in designing ever more advanced visual prostheses, some of the more impressive existing devices try to take over the functionality of the eye by directly stimulating the optic nerve or even the...
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Streaming on Android Devices Now Available for Individuals with Hearing Loss
For people with hearing loss, use of a mobile or smartphone can be challenging and with limited options. While Bluetooth-connected hearing devices are available, these solutions impose a significant energy requirement that drains battery life. Most...
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Automatic Artificial Intelligence System Learns to Diagnose Disease
Wearable health monitors, ubiquitous sensors, and the ability to collect and store huge amounts of data are creating challenges for researchers hoping to use artificial intelligence to identify diseases. While the gathered data can hold...
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Motion Sickness Study to Mitigate Motion Sickness in Self-Driving Cars
Motion sickness is slated to become a more prominent problem once self-driving cars become a commonality. Interiors of vehicles are expected to be much different than those of today's forward-facing cars, including blackout windows with TVs...
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CAVA Device Spots Nystagmus to Diagnose Dizziness
Dizziness is a common condition but its underlying causes can be very difficult to diagnose. It is usually unpredictable and doesn't last very long, so by the time a patient presents to the physician everything checks out as...
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First Cochlear Implants FDA Approved for Single-Sided Deafness and Asymmetric Hearing Loss
MED-EL USA just announced that its SYNCHRONY and SYNCHRONY 2 cochlear implants received the first FDA approval for people with single-sided deafness (SSD) and those with asymmetric hearing loss (AHL). No other cochlear implants currently have...
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Low Cost Medical Devices for Low-Resource Regions: Interview with Prof. Saad Bhamla, Georgia Tech
Advances in medical technology continue apace, with sophisticated new medical devices and therapies becoming available on an ongoing basis. However, medical technology often comes at a premium, and for low-resource regions sometimes even...
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PhotoniCare Looks Behind Ear Drums to Help Diagnose Ear Infections
Middle ear infections are one of the most common reasons for visits to the pediatrician. However, because the middle ear is hidden from view by the ear drum, physicians must diagnose based on symptoms and a limited physical exam — and when...
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Brain Controlled-Hearing Aid Separates Voices in a Crowd
When we are at a party and talking to someone, our brain is able to identify a single speaker's voice and focus our hearing on it, helping us to listen more closely and ignore the other voices nearby. For the millions of people with hearing...
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