{"id":8590,"date":"2015-09-29T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T18:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foodanddrugrecall.org\/index.php\/fda-permits-marketing-of-new-laser-based-hearing-aid-with-potential-for-broad-sound-amplification\/"},"modified":"2015-09-29T10:31:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T18:31:00","slug":"fda-permits-marketing-of-new-laser-based-hearing-aid-with-potential-for-broad-sound-amplification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foodanddrugrecall.org\/index.php\/fda-permits-marketing-of-new-laser-based-hearing-aid-with-potential-for-broad-sound-amplification\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA permits marketing of new laser-based hearing aid with potential for broad sound amplification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of a new hearing aid that uses a laser diode and direct vibration of the eardrum to amplify sound. The combination of laser light pulses and a custom-fit device component that comes in direct contact with the eardrum is designed to use the patient\u2019s own eardrum as a speaker and enables amplification over a wider range of frequencies for some hearing impaired persons. The EarLens Contact Hearing Device (CHD) is indicated for use by adults with mild to severe sensorineural hearing impairment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of a new hearing aid that uses a laser diode and direct vibration of the eardrum to amplify sound. The combination of laser light pulses and a custom-fit device component that comes in direct contact with the eardrum is designed to use the patient\u2019s own eardrum &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodanddrugrecall.org\/index.php\/fda-permits-marketing-of-new-laser-based-hearing-aid-with-potential-for-broad-sound-amplification\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FDA permits marketing of new laser-based hearing aid with potential for broad sound amplification<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,4,3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drug-reacalls-safety-notices-information","category-drug-safety-information-podcasts","category-food-drug-recalls","category-food-safety-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foodanddrugrecall.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foodanddrugrecall.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foodanddrugrecall.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foodanddrugrecall.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foodanddrugrecall.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.foodanddrugrecall.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foodanddrugrecall.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foodanddrugrecall.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foodanddrugrecall.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}