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3. IEC 60529 Ed. 2.1 b Cor.1:2003 Corrigendum 1 - Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code).
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12. The cochlear implants produced by Advanced Bionics and Med-El referenced in the following reliability studies were found to be more likely to fail than the Nucleus implants produced by Cochlear: Battmer RD et al. A multi-centre study of device failure in European cochlear implant centres. Ear Hear 2007 Apr;28(2 Suppl):95S-99S; Cullen RD et al. Revision cochlear implant surgery in children. Otol Neurotol 2008;29(2):214-20; Battmer RD et al. A review of device failure in more than 23 years of clinical experience of a cochlear implant program with more than 3,400 implantees. Otol Neurotol 2009 Jun;30(4):455-63.
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20. Based on Cochlear Surgeons’ Preference Survey: Internal Reliability Preferences. Data on file, June 2009.
21. Internal data on file, December 2010.
22. Internal data on file, July 2010.
23. 61% improvement is calculated from 9% per 1dB improvement. Litovsky, et. al. Simultaneous bilateral cochlear implantation in adults: a multicenter clinical study. Ear & Hearing, Vol 27 No. 6, 2006.
24) As derived from 1-year CSR Nucleus Report February/March 2006, Freedom Data and Advanced Bionics Recall Letter March 8, 2006, Advanced Bionics Data.
25) ISO 5841-2 2000 Implants for surgery – cardiac pacemakers – Part 2: Reporting of clinical performance of populations of pulse generators or leads
26) 24-month CSR for CI24RE implant, Nucleus Reliability Report February 2007
27) 24-month CSR for HiRes 90K implants, HiResolution Bionic Ear System Reliability Fall 2006
