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Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering
University of Oklahoma College of Engineering |
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University of Oklahoma College of Engineering
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Felgar Hall, Room 212
865 Asp Avenue
Norman, Oklahoma 73019
PHONE: (405) 325-1099
E-MAIL: rgan@ou.edu
WEB: Web site
RELATED OU LINK: ame.ou.edu
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About Gan
 Recent developments in the field of hearing aids include the cochlear implant, which has successfully restored some level of hearing in individuals with severe hearing deficit. Rong Gan, Charles E. Foster Chair in Mechanical Engineering and professor, is working on a new option: a totally implantable hearing device.
The apparatus differs from the cochlear implant in two critical ways: It is intended specifically for individuals with mild to moderate rather than severe auditory deficits and it is totally implantable in the ear with no external components.
Gan’s fully implantable hearing device will re-establish the ability to hear in patients with hearing deficit caused by exposure to loud noise, mild ear disease or natural age-related degeneration. She and her team currently are testing the system in cadaver ears by measuring the device-induced sound signals transmitted to the inner ear.
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