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Re:Who Pays the Price When Cochlear Implants Go Obsolete? by bentcorner on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @06:16PM (#36051532)
I think it could be something as simple as the rechargeable batteries no longer hold a charge and they don't manufacture the receiver unit anymore.

If you clicked the link [1] in the article, it sounds like designing them to survive regular day-to-day usage is important. Components will wear down over time and replacing them is inevitable.

[1] https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/cp-802-sound-processor-...

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Re:Who Pays the Price When Cochlear Implants Go Obsolete? by floxy on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @06:27PM (#36051649)
>I think it could be something as simple as the rechargeable batteries no longer hold a charge and they don't manufacture the receiver unit anymore.

If that was the case, then the author missed a big opportunity use this one sentence to spell this out and lend a whole lot of credibility to the article (that the article is currently missing).

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