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38 years ago: Implant history was made in Australia
- Stephen Goforth
- Jun 4
- 1 min read
On June 4, 1987, 4-year-old Holly McDonell (now Holly Taylor) of Sydney, Australia became the first child to receive a commercial multi-channel cochlear implant system (Nucleus made by Cochlear, LTD).
McDonell became profoundly deaf from a bout with bacterial meningitis. Holly still has her original implant and had several sound processor upgrades.
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