The bionic ear

  • Newer and faster circuit are being made to help the development of the bionic ear

  • greame clark starts researching about the possibility of inventing an electronic implantable hearing device

  • graham Clark invents the first multi-channel implant

  • new designs being tested

  • first recipient of the cochlear implant

  • New similar device used by Rod Saunders and more devices to come

  • nucleus implant development begins

  • first nucleus implant

  • FDA approves the nucleus implant system

  • first nucleus repentant

  • new mini speech processor introduced

  • speech processor improvements

  • 10000 recipient mark

  • 30000 nucleus recipient mark

  • oldest nucleus recipient