Australia has a long history with the humble hearing aid, which makes it no surprise to discover that Melbourne based researchers have completely revolutionised the humble hearing aid with a new device that costs less than half the price of a traditional device and can be customised over the internet and fit by the end user.
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This is an eight-month-old deaf baby having his Cochlear Implants turned on for the first time. In other words, he’s hearing sound for the first time. I challenge you to not get the warm and fuzzies from this.
