Sunday, 1 February 2015

[www.keralites.net] Indian researchers set to test market-busting, low-cost homegrown bionic ear :- Cheaper than imported - 5 to 6 times cheaper

 

When it is commercially available, it will cost between 1,300 and 1,900 euros. Imported devices can cost anywhere up to 9,000 euros.
Infographic: India's homegrown, low-cost cochlear implant is connected like any other
 
"In India, hearing disability is a major problem. We have nearly one million deaf people and they need this cochlear implant," says Bhujanga Rao, a senior scientist at India's DRDO. "Given the prohibitive costs many cannot afford [an imported cochlear implant] and this is what made me develop something indigenous, low-cost, and affordable."
As chief designer and principal investigator of the bionic ear project, Rao says the indigenous implant has been tested in several labs in the country.

 
More than 90 percent of the market for cochlear implants is cornered by three companies from Australia, Austria and the US. If these trials prove successful, India will join a select group of developers.
India Dr Bhujanga Rao
 
As chief designer and principal investigator of the bionic ear project, Rao
 

 
Full article in the link below

 
Ravi
www.keralites.net

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