OtoKinetics Inc.
Acoustic stimulation of cochlear fluid improves hearing
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Currently, people with severe hearing loss are treated with conventional hearing aids, which have less than a 50% success rate due to such problems as feedback and discomfort. OtoKinetics Inc. hopes to increase that efficacy rate to at least 90% with its Krescendo implant, a titanium device about the size of a grain of rice that is inserted into the cochlea.