Cochlear Implant Timeline

By delaneygara

  • First BAHA Surgery

    The first bone anchored hearind aid surgery was performed on Mona Anderson.

  • First Cochlear Implant Surgery

    The first multichannel implant is implanted into Ron Saunders.

  • First Implant Activation

    Saunder's implant was turned on ten weeks after the implantation. All ten electrodes were functioning.

  • Graham Carrick

    At 37 years old, Carrick was implanted with the first 22 electrode cochlear implant.

  • FDA Approval

    The Nucleus Mini22 became the first wearing processor to be FDA approved.

  • Clinical Trials

    The US began doing clinical trials for cochlear implants for children.

  • Approval

    The FDA approves cochlear implants for children aged 2-17.

  • 10,000

    A total of ten thousand children are implanted.

  • 20,000

    Twenty thousand people are implanted.

  • 30,000

    Thirty thousand people now have cochlear implants.

  • 60,000

    Now, over sixty thousand people have cochlear implants.

  • First Annual Cochlear Event

    The first annual celebration for people who have cochloear implants was held in Orlando, Florida.

  • 250,000!

    Over 250,000 people have received cochlear implants!