Autodesk Inventor Dispels Sounds of Silence
From: Desktop Engineering Magazine - 12/2009 - page 12
By: Tom Kevan

Designs that Will Change the World, First Place: Cochlear uses advanced
technology to design and develop a breakthrough hearing aid that opens the
world of sound to the hearing impaired. 

The winner of the Designs that Will Change the World challenge in the Design
category is the BAHA (Bone Anchored Hearing Implant) hearing system by
Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions, a division of Cochlear Ltd. It offers those
with certain types of impairments a chance to hear and function normally in
everyday life. For children, this can open the way for them to develop speech
and attend school much like any other student. For many people with hearing
loss, it removes a major obstacle to doing ordinary things that most of us
take for granted, such as crossing a street, going to a restaurant,
participating in a professional meeting, or simply driving a car. It promises
to restore hearing to those that other solutions cannot help. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.deskeng.com/articles/aaatec.htm

Links:
Cochlear Americas
http://www.cochlearamericas.com/

Baha BP100
http://products.cochlearamericas.com/baha