Food iron is absorbed by the intestinal mucosa from two separate pools of heme and nonheme iron. Heme iron, derived from hemoglobin and myoglobin, is well absorbed and relatively little affected by other foods eaten in the same meal. On the other hand, the absorption of nonheme iron, the major dietary pool, is greatly influenced by meal composition.
Five years later, the FDA approved. the first cochlear implant for use in children ages 2. years and older. And in 2000, the FDA approved the. implantation of children as young as 12 months of age. for one type of cochlear implant.
Cochlear implants have revolutionised life for people who are deaf or hearing impaired and cannot benefit from a hearing aid. But until recently, the experts who design and implant the devices have not known what they sound like. Now, scientists have revealed what it sounds like to hear via an implant. Scroll down for video. Cochlear implants (pictured) enable some people who are deaf or hearing impaired who cannot benefit from a standard hearing aid, hear again.