How Normal Hearing Works:
1. Outer Ear
The visible outer portion and ear canal funnels sound inward.
2. Middle Ear
The eardrum and three tiny bones vibrate from sound waves.
3. Inner Ear
The fluid-filled cochlea contains thousands of tiny sound receptors
called hair cells. The hair cells sway with sound waves in the
fluid filled space that sends a signal to the brain that is interpreted as sound.
How the Esteem®-Hearing Implant™
Works
- the natural ear collects sound from the environment
- the sound waves create normal vibration of the eardrum
- the natural vibrations are sensed and processed by the Esteem®-Hearing Implant™
- a customized dose of energy is applied to the cochlea
- the cochlea converts the energy and vibration into signals and the brain interprets the signals into sound
Placement of the Esteem®-Hearing Implant™
The device is surgically placed behind the ear. Typically, you would go home early the next day after surgery. Patients report that the procedure is virtually painless.
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