Cochlear implantation is the surgical procedure of placing a cochlear implant, a neuroprosthesis that gives sound perception to a person with moderate to profound sensorineural hearing loss by bypassing the damaged parts of the ear and directly stimulating the auditory nerve. With appropriate therapy and training after implantation, recipients can learn to recognize the device electrical signals as meaningful speech and environmental sounds across a range of acoustic settings.
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A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted neuroprosthesis that provides a person who has moderate-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss with sound perception.
2. Wikipedia: Cochlear Implantation Online Reference Encyclopedia Article
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André Djourno and Charles Eyriès invented the original cochlear implant in 1957.
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How does a cochlear implant let someone with severe hearing loss hear
It bypasses the damaged parts of the ear entirely and stimulates the auditory nerve directly, and recipients learn to interpret the resulting signals as sound through therapy afterward.
Cochlear implantation is the surgical procedure of placing a cochlear implant, a neuroprosthesis that gives sound perception to a person with moderate to profound sensorineural hearing loss by bypassing the damaged parts of the ear and directly stimulating the auditory nerve. With appropriate therapy and training after implantation, recipients can learn to recognize the device's electrical signals as meaningful speech and environmental sounds across a range of acoustic settings.
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