The appearance of a domestic cochlear implant that can distinguish the four sounds of Chinese

, by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fudan University affiliated eye, otolaryngologyHospitalProfessor Wang Zhengmin led the research team, over the past 10 years successfully developed a fully independent intellectual property rights of the "domestic multi-channel program-controlled cochlear implant", thus breaking the monopoly of the technology by Australia, the United States, Austria and a few other countriesAfter testing, this multi-channel program-controlled cochlear implant can distinguish the Chinese four voices, its technical indicators reached the international advanced level, and its price than about 30,000 U.Sdollars of imported similar products greatly reduced, so that many patients who can not afford cochlear implant treatment for the deaf patients brought hopeStatistics show that china's existing hearing language impairment of more than 20 million people, each year the new congenital deaf children about 30,000Early interventional treatment of congenital deafness is very importantIf the juvenile re-correction, many of the patient's organs have matured, the effect will be greatly reducedCochlear implants are different from hearing aids, which are used for hearing reconstruction, while hearing aids are used only for hearing compensationThe device uses a electro-electric conversion device to replace the hair cells in the deaf cochlear implant, stimulate the hearing nerve, and then the brain produces hearingCochlear implant therapy has been carried out in China since 1995In the past, however, cochlear implants were completely dependent on imports, selling for about $30,000, making most patients discouragedTherefore, the localization of cochlear implants needs to be realized urgentlyIt is understood that by Wang Zhengmin leading the research and development of this cochlear implant according to the characteristics of Chinese pronunciation design, can be long-term implantation of the inner earUsers can not only distinguish a variety of ambient sounds, vowels and consonants, but also distinguish the four sounds of Chinese, especially to meet the needs of Chinese people hearing