Electronic Hearing for Deaf and Deaf-blind People

Supported by the Deaf-Blind
Support Foundation ''Con-nection''
The First Russian Cochlear Implant
How it Works
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Speech processor
Processes sound waves and converts them into a sequence of electrical impulses.
Consists of a stimulator and an electrode array. The stimulator acts on the nerve endings with electrical impulses.
Implantable part
Stages of the ELVIS C project development
2022-2023
Development of the chip and electrodes
Development of prototype and stimulation algorithms.
Development of electrode matrix according to the international standards.
Conducting the first animal trials.
2024-2026
Finalisation, testing and certification
Development of electrodes and the chip for an implant control.
Testing of the electronics on animals.
Installation of ELVIS C to the first deaf volunteers.
Certification of the technology in Russia.
2027
Introduction into the medical practice
At this stage, the brain implant for hearing will become widely available to the patients in Russia.
2022-2023
Development of the chip and electrodes
Development of prototype and stimulation algorithms.
Development of electrode matrix according to the international standards.
Conducting the first animal trials.
2024-2026
Finalisation, testing and certification
Development of electrodes and the chip for an implant control.
Testing of the electronics on animals.
Installation of ELVIS C to the first deaf volunteers.
Certification of the technology in Russia.
2027
Introduction into the medical practice
At this stage, the brain implant for hearing will become widely available to the patients in Russia.
Management
As the cochlear implant user, Ravinsky started the development of the first fully domestic ELVIS C cochlear implant system in Russia at “Sensor-Tech” Lab.
ELVIS C Project Manager
Dmitry Ravinsky
In less than a year of its existence, his team designed all the necessary microelectronics of the implant and gained the support of a number of industry partners and institutes.

He previously studied neurobiology at the University of Munich and worked on a software product at a US startup.
Try electronic hearing
Thanks to our technology, it is now possible to understand how exactly a deaf or deaf-blind person with electronic hearing will hear!
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▷ Hear electronically
Turn on to understand how a person with a cochlear implant hears
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