Clinical Evaluation of the Nucleus 5 Cochlear Implant (CI) System

Exclusion Criteria

• •Previous cochlear implant experience
• •Congenital hearing loss (for the purpose of this study, onset prior to 2 years-of-age).
• •Ossification, absence of cochlear development or any other cochlear anomaly that might prevent complete insertion of the electrode array.
• •Normal hearing in one or both ears.
• •Hearing loss of neural or central origin (e.g., deafness due to lesions on the acoustic nerve or central auditory pathway).
• •Active middle-ear infection.
• •Unwillingness and/or inability of the candidate to comply with all investigational requirements including, but not limited to, study protocol and surgical procedure.