deaf

[HaloGirl]

I've wondered how that was going. Every time my husband feels he's adapted to his tinnitus, it seems to shift and get worse. Sorry that it hasn't gotten better for you either.

[Bill_K]

Good luck Matt. I hope things go well with the therapy.

[Brenda]

That's awful Matt!

[Kelly]

It's probably hard to explain, but what kinds of things are you having to do differently when you speak? Sounds like hard work - but you're used to that - so keep at it - and hopefully the results will be evident soon!!

[Brenda]

Ooh, I wonder if he'll sound like Sam Elliot now!

[Matt]

It's probably hard to explain, but what kinds of things are you having to do differently when you speak? Sounds like hard work - but you're used to that - so keep at it - and hopefully the results will be evident soon!!

When a just talk normal, my ear sounds like a broken speaker.

[Matt]

A new hearing aid that transmits sound through a person's teeth has been approved for use in Europe.

While conventional hearing aids use air conduction to increase the volume of sound travelling through the air, SoundBite uses a different approach - bone conduction.

First, a network of mini microphones placed behind the impaired ear pick up the sound in the environment and cancel out the noise.

The sound is transmitted wirelessly to the prosthetic in the mouth.

The device sends the vibrations through the teeth and bones directly to the cochlea - the auditory part of the inner ear - bypassing the middle and outer ear.

This way it can help those who are deaf in one ear to hear in stereo.

The company that makes the system, Sonitus Medical, said that the mechanism is the first ever non-surgical device to use bone conduction



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12759295

[Kelly]