Nucleus Kanso 3

There will be more - new internal devices (probably CI1032, CI1022 and CI1012) with new coding strategies like FMS and SPACE:

“https://onderzoekmetmensen.nl/en/node/53745/pdf#:~:text=The%20CI1032%20implant%20is%20the%20implanted%20component,to%20provide%20an%20auditory%20perception%20to%20patients.42”

IIRC, FMS will require new internal device because of necessity to have multiple sources of current. I have no idea what about SPACE.

https://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS0002781711

For what I see Nucleus Kanso 3 is simply an off-the-ear equivalent of Nucleus 8.

However, based of the website below, there will be also Kanso 3 Nexa sound processor, probably with newer Phoenix System technology:

https://www.tga.gov.au/resources/sponsor/cochlear-ltd81

@studio.prawns_0q I have to wonder if I would be able to get a K3? I currently have N8, which I got in January 2022. The 3 years is up required by MBP. Just curious.

Yes, you will be able to get a K3 if your plan lets you.

The K3 Bluetooth is LE Audio ready as is the N8.
The few people I know that have the N8 use iPhones so no news about LE Audio with the N8 processors.

I am looking forward to getting hands free phone again like the Phonak aids. This LE Audio ready status might turn out to be a bust???

I feel like they are the same. The hearing experience comparing the K2 and N7 are almost identical. The K2 has more wind noise than the N7 but the N7 gets wet easily from sweat where as the K2 doesn’t. K2 battery life has been superior. For me the N7 rechargeable battery will need to be replaced every 1.5 years. Coils every 3 years. The K2’s have proven to be very reliable.

“Built around the company’s new Nexos chip, the system features upgradeable firmware which enables added features over time. It also includes built-in memory, allowing users who lose or damage external sound processors to transfer their personalised settings to replacement devices.” The main thing about the new implant the article talks about as well as a story from a recipient of the Nexa implant. He talks about how he likes it.

@studio.prawns_0q said:

The main thing about the new implant the article talks about as well as a story from a recipient of the Nexa implant. He talks about how he likes it.

This all sounds good. Thanks for the info.

Do you know if this person was previously implanted with an older implant? That would be a great comparison.

@Raudrive said:

Do you know if this person was previously implanted with an older implant? That would be a great comparison.

That info is surely in inclusion criteria in the my first link above.

@studio.prawns_0q, thanks. It seems that article is not only about Kanso 3, but also about new Phoenix system and CI1032 and new FMS and SPACE coding strategy.

Unfortunately, we probably won’t be able to get benefits from it because of older internal devices.

@studio.prawns_0q said:

I’m hearing sounds I’ve honestly never heard before in my life, such as the swishing of leaves in a tree.”

This is why I asked about their first or an upgrade from an old implant.
This example could well be my words. My implants were as they described, wonderful. A world of new sounds.

Just saying.

The N7 and K2 sound the same.
I explained this better a few posts back.

For the Nexa implant, there is also this article which isn’t behind a paywall. World first cochlear implant platform features memory chip to improve outcomes - Hearing Practitioner Australia50