Cochlear™ Americas Launches Smartphone App for Baha® 3 Recipients

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Feb 23, 2012, 03:00 ET

CENTENNIAL, Colo., Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cochlear Americas, the world's leading implantable hearing solutions company, announced today that it has launched its new support app for Baha 3 recipients.

The Cochlear Baha® Support App, which can be downloaded for free from the App Store or from the Android Market, provides information and assistance for Baha users wherever they may be, and whenever they may need it.

Developed from user feedback, the app helps Baha recipients find answers to common questions in order to get the most out of their sound processor. It also provides simple answers for recipients if they do not know what to do in any given situation; for example, what should users do if their Baha processor gets wet?

The app contains both text and video assistance for troubleshooting, adjusting, cleaning, travelling with and maintaining the hearing device.

"With our new Baha Support App, we have made it simple for our recipients to get answers to common questions, providing them with a level of assurance wherever they are and whenever they need it," says Anthony Manna, President of Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions.

To learn more about the Cochlear Baha® please visit: http://products.cochlearamericas.com/baha/introduction-to-baha

About Bone Anchored Hearing Solutions
Bone-anchored hearing solutions are a proven medical option for adults and children with conductive hearing loss, mixed hearing loss, and single-sided sensorineural deafness meeting the candidacy criteria. The Baha® system sends external sounds to the inner ear through the bone by passing the outer and middle ear. Bone anchored hearing solutions are designed to provide audibility and to improve the communication abilities of those who receive little or no benefit from hearing aids.

About Cochlear Americas
Cochlear Americas is the world leader in advanced hearing technologies. Since launching the first multichannel cochlear implant system more than 25 years ago, Cochlear Limited and its U.S. headquarters have brought the miracle of sound to more than 250,000 people with hearing loss across the globe. For more information about Cochlear Americas products, please visit www.cochlearamericas.com.

SOURCE Cochlear Americas