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Cochlear Implants and hearing aids for person with hearing problems
Cochlear implant, which is also known as the bionic ear, is an electronic hearing device that is surgically implanted to the ear which is designed to produce useful hearing sensations to a person with severe to profound nerve deafness.
What makes it different to hearing aid, whose main function is to just amplify sound, is that this cochlear implant directly stimulates any functioning auditory nerves inside the inner ear(cochlea) with an electric field.
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2 Main Components of Cochlear Implants
- sound processor, transmitter (RF transducer) or primary headpiece coil and externally worn microphone
- The implanted receiver and electrode system, which contains the electronic circuits that receive signals from the external system and send electrical currents to the inner ear.
How Cochlear Implant Works Video
Do you want to know more about cochlear implants, uses of cochlear implants, how does cochlear implants works and types of cochlear implants and cochlear implant risks? Visit http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/cochlear/ or use our Google search above!
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