Cochlear Implant
Medical device that bypasses damaged structures in the and directly stimulates the .
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About Cochlear Implants
A cochlear is a small, complex electronic device that can help to provide a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard-of-. The implant consists of an external portion that sits the and a second portion that is surgically placed under the . An implant has the following parts:
A microphone, which picks up sound from the environment. A speech processor, which selects and arranges sounds picked up by the microphone. A and receiver/stimulator, which receive signals from the speech processor and convert them into electric impulses. An electrode array, which is a group of electrodes that collects the impulses from the stimulator and sends them to different regions of the .An does not restore normal . Instead, it can give a deaf person a useful representation of sounds in the environment and help him or her to understand speech….