• Question: What are the hopes for the future with your work!?

    Asked by The Bubble Genie to Andrew, Lizzie, Nick, Sonia on 13 Jun 2015. This question was also asked by William Hucknall.
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      anon answered on 13 Jun 2015:

      The sound from the implants are not normal. So to try and assist in developing a more natural sounding implant, but the programming sessions can still be quite complex.

      Recently we swtich on an Auditory Brainstem Implant on a 3 year old, where the child did not have any auditory nerves so the electrode were implanted next to the brain instead of the cochlear, makes testing and programming evenmore difficult than the cochlear implant. So to extend the ability to hear for this group of patients

      Currently working on testing using disposable test electrode on the finding out how the human balance systems respond to an electrical stimulus in the hope of developing a vestiular implant to help people who is wheel chair bound due to a mal functioning balance system.

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      Elizabeth Kapasa answered on 14 Jun 2015:

      I hope that what I’m developing will be the first steps towards a bone graft that would work better than current treatments. There are a lot of drawbacks with current treatments and a huge clinical need for better solutions. So I hope I can be a part of that.

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      Andrew Phillips answered on 14 Jun 2015:

      I hope that we can help rebuild people when they are injured or when they are affected by illness. My focus is on the musculoskeletal system. There are lots of researchers working on muscles and bones and other parts of the body. It sounds a big aim, but you have to think big!

      For my work I hope that we will be able to develop an entire bone or part of a bone that can be used to replace damaged bone. So for a hip implant instead of having a joint replacement that might last for 10 – 20 years and then have to be replaced, you would have one implant design by us, that would last a lifetime.

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      Nicholas Hitchins answered on 15 Jun 2015:

      Most of the products that I work on will end up on the market in the next 2-10 years and some of the products that I have worked on are already on the market! It is difficult to say what I hope for them, mainly I hope that they are safe and work effectlively and help to better peoples lives.

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