A Feasibility Study Evaluating the Performance of Focused Multipolar Stimulation and Sound Coding in Adults.

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Previous or existing cochlear-implant recipient.
• •2. Severe or greater sensorineural hearing loss in the ear to be implanted prior to five years of age.
• •3. Duration of severe to profound hearing loss \> 20 years in the ear to be implanted.
• •4. Ossification or other cochlear anomaly that might prevent complete insertion of the electrode array.
• •5. Diagnosis of auditory neuropathy.
• •6. Deafness due to lesions of the acoustic nerve or central auditory pathway.
• •7. Pregnant at the time of surgery.
• •8. Additional handicaps that would prevent or restrict participation in the audiological evaluations.
• •9. Unrealistic expectations on the part of the subject regarding the possible benefits, risks, and limitations that are inherent to the surgical procedure and prosthetic device.
• •10. Unable or unwilling to comply with the requirements of the clinical investigation as determined by the Investigator.
• •11. Investigator site personnel directly affiliated with this study and/or their immediate families; immediate family is defined as a spouse, parent, child, or sibling.
• •12. Cochlear employees or employees of Contract Research Organisations or contractors engaged by Cochlear for the purposes of this investigation.
• •13. Currently participating, or participated within the last 30 days, in another interventional clinical investigation/trial involving an investigational drug or device