Cochlear implants transmit the sound waves and deliver them to the part of the brain the makes the waves and vibrations into noises. A hearing aid is placed on the ear and transmits the sound into a device placed in the skull.
The cochlea is the spiral "snail-like" chamber of bones that contain the inner ear bones used by the body to collect and transmit sound impulses to the auditory nerves. When damaged, a cochlear implant can replace its lost ability and help a deaf person hear again, if the nerves are undamaged.
Cochlear Implant helps the deaf person hear, because the sensory hair cells in their ears have been damaged.
Cochlear implants stimulate nerve ends within the inner ear, enabling deaf children to hear
it effects the auditory nerve
No, there are currently no cochlear implants for dogs.
45% of deaf people have cochlear implants.
As of 2002, it is estimated that over 35,000 individuals have received cochlear implants
Cochlear Implant
Hearing.
£30,000
Adam Kissiah
A specialist in otolaryngology
It is performed in a hospital
Michael J. Ruckenstein has written: 'Cochlear implants and other implantable hearing devices' -- subject(s): Cochlear Implants, Cochlear Implantation, Auditory Brain Stem Implantation, Auditory Brain Stem Implants
Yes there are hearing aids that work in conjuction with cochlear implants. The system is still under clinical research and has proven to be benificial.
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