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The Hybrid System

Hybrid System seamlessly blends two well-established technologies - cochlear implants and hearing aids - for individuals with severe to profound high frequency hearing loss, who maintain their low frequency hearing. It integrates cochlear implant technology from Cochlear, with state-of-the-art hearing aid technology. The higher frequency regions of the cochlea are stimulated electrically, while lower frequencies are preserved for acoustic amplification. By effectively restoring the severe to profound high frequency loss using electrical stimulation, Hybrid enables individuals to regain their ability to communicate easily and enhances their appreciation of environmental sounds.

Artificial muscles for facial palsy

Surgeons from UC Davis Medical Center have demonstrated that artificial muscles can restore the ability of patients with facial paralysis to blink, a development that could benefit the thousands of people each year who no longer are able to close their eyelids due to combat-related injuries, stroke, nerve injury or facial surgery.

In addition, the technique, which uses a combination of electrode leads and silicon polymers, could be used to develop synthetic muscles to control other parts of the body. The new procedure is described in an article in the January-February issue of the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.

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Nasal Carriers of Staphylococcus aureus

For over a century, the surgeon has covered his nasal vestibule to protect patients from micro-organisms, and although it also covered his mouth, in my day this would often be insufficient to prevent a constant stream of right-wing and sexist exhalation on the state of the world. But in fact several studies have shown that it is the patients' own nasal staphylococciwhich lead to surgical site infections, just as many bring their own copies of the Sun or Express to succour them during their stay. If you detect these pathogens before admission, you can eliminate them and reduce staphylococcal wound infections. Ward newspaper trolleys must be the next target.

Drug Pump for tinnitis

93 percent of Indians are sleep deprived !

A recent survey indicated that 93 percent of Indians are sleep deprived and 11 percent actually fall asleep in the work place.

The survey was conducted by the Nielsen company in 2009 and it covered 5,600 respondents (ages 35-65) across 25 cities in Urban India. It was commissioned by Philips Electronics India Limited.

58 percent of the respondents say that their work was affected by their lack of sleep. 74 percent claim that they woke up 1-3 times during their sleep.

62 percent of the respondents displayed a high risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), a condition that is characterized by repeated cessation of breathing during sleep and is also linked to heart disease and heart failure.

Source: The Economic Times

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