Fergus girl first in North America to receive new 'smart' hearing device

Fergus girl first in North America to receive new 'smart' hearing device

FERGUS - “Momma, I can hear my name.”Those were the first words said by Anabia Bilal after a new cochlear implant powered on in August and began transmitting sound from the outside world directly to Bilal’s inner ear.Three weeks earlier, the 10-year-old Fergus girl became the first in North America to receive Nucleus Nexa cochlear implants – the world’s first “smart” implant.It works fundamentally the same as other similar devices. A processor, …