[Cochlear implants].
William House gives in the address the essential of his philosophy about cochlear implant: "My 30 years of experience with cochlear implants has gone by very quickly. It is only during the past 10 years that cochlear implants have been widely used throughout the world. During that 10 years we have seen a change in the attitudes of scepticism and outright feeling of opposition to this technology to general acceptance and widespread interest. Implants are still in their infancy, and my present feeling is that it will take at least 20 years for this technology to reach maturity. I feel that we will only reach the ultimate maturity of cochlear implant technology if we keep a very open mind as to different types of devices and processing schemes, and if we try to keep our technology as simplified as possible in order to minimize our clinical time in working with these patients, and also minimize the cost of the manufacturing and maintenance of complex systems".
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House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, California 90057.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans
Implants cochléaires.