Artificial ear
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a device consisting of microelectrodes that deliver electrical stimuli directly to the auditory nerve when surgically implanted into the cochlea, enabling a person with sensorineural deafness to hear.
historical examples
i make myself hear, after being deaf for 25 years, with these artificial ear drums.
astounding stories of super-science february 1930 various
noun
a device that stimulates the acoustic nerve in the inner ear in order to produce some form of hearing in people who are deaf from inner ear disease
cochlear implant
(kŏk’lē-ər)
a surgically implanted electronic device that allows people with severe hearing loss to recognize some sounds. it consists chiefly of a microphone and receiver, a processor that converts speech into electronic signals, and an array of electrodes that transmit the signals to the auditory nerve in the inner ear.
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