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Is it called a Cochlear Implant when Advanced Bionics makes it? Do you know if Cochlear is going to release a processor that's bluetooth-enabled?

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Hmm, that's a dick move. They were called cochlear implants before a company decided to call themselves "Cochlear".

Just in case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlea

I know there's a part in the ear called the cochlea but I thought the company just added the letter r to the word and made that their name; I didn't know the word existed before the company. Thanks!

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