Teeth: To help
restore Hearing Loss?
The
SoundBite system relies on bone conduction. Bone conduction is the ability of
sound waves to travel through the teeth to bones inside the skull. Not exactly
a hearing aid, which amplifies sound in frequencies pinpointing exactly where
hearing is diminished. Instead this device targets people who are completely
deaf in one ear often from an issue in the cochlea; the spiral shaped structure
within the ear (check out blog on anatomy of the ear http://www.hearing-clear.com/2012/06/anatomy-of-human-ear-relation-to.html
).
SoundBite
can also help people with untreatable conductive hearing loss caused by trauma
to the ear drum or chronic ear infections. This system uses a tiny microphone
placed in the deaf ear to pick up sounds. A processor worn behind the ear
carries the signals to a receiver hooked over the person’s back molars like a
tiny retainer. This process sends sound waves through the teeth and into the
skull, sending signals to the brain.
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