Mildura patient among first to get breakthrough hearing implant

Bernard Humphreys

A SUNRAYSIA woman has become one of the first people in Australia to be fitted with a groundbreaking new hearing implant. The elderly patient underwent surgery at Mildura Health Private Hospital last week and will now wait about a month for the implant to fuse to her skull so that it can be turned on. […]

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