Mildura patient among first to get breakthrough hearing implant

Bernard Humphreys Aug 27 2022

Surgeon Ian Wong with the new type of hearing implant. The component on the right is implanted under the skin and fuses to the skull, while the lightweight processor on the left is worn outside the skin and is held in place by magnets. A Mildura patient was one of the first in Australia to be fitted with one. Picture: 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.

The implant, called Osia, is the latest evolution of the well-known Cochlear system, pioneered ...

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