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Cochlear offers four distinct product lines all of which provide solutions for different types of hearing loss. These include: cochlear implants, bone conduction implants, implants for electro-acoustic stimulation and implants for direct acoustic stimulation. Whether these hearing solutions were implanted over 25 years ago or today, the company’s commitment to backward compatibility guarantees that new upgrades and innovations can be offered to Cochlear recipients without further surgery.
In 2005, Cochlear acquired the Swedish company Entific Medical Systems, renamed Bone Anchored Solutions (BAS). Through this acquisition, Cochlear expanded its "hearing solutions portfolio" to include the Baha bone conduction implant for conductive hearing loss, mixed hearing loss and single sided sensorineural deafness, as well as the Vistafix system for facial prosthetic retention. Baha completely bypasses the outer and middle ear using direct bone conduction which is a natural pathway for sound.
The Hybrid system, introduced to the European market in 2008, uses electro-acoustic stimulation (EAS), combining electrical stimulation and acoustic stimulation. It is a unique solution for people suffering from mild to moderate hearing loss in the low frequencies and severe to profound loss in the high frequencies. The direct acoustic cochlear stimulator (DACS) is a new type of implantable hearing device, designed to provide an effective solution with severe to profound mixed hearing impairment. DACS provides mechanical (acoustic) stimulations directly to the cochlea.
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