3-D Hearing Aid ; ...Helps Deaf Tell Where Sound Is Coming From Good Health

Daily Mail (May 10, 2005)

Author: Pat Hagan

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DR IAN Banks, a former GP turned author, has been waging a battle against a devastating condition that threatened to rob him of his hearing.

Now the 55-year-old Belfast-born doctor is celebrating a new lease of life thanks to a revolutionary invention that has restored his hearing to almost normal.

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3-D Hearing Aid ; ...Helps Deaf Tell Where Sound Is Coming From Good Health

The high-tech hearing aid, called Acuris, is the first to mimic the way the brain naturally processes sounds. Two tiny devices sit inside each ear and are programmed to constantly 'talk' to each other to adjust the direc...

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