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cochlear implant
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cochlear implant [¦kō·klē·ər ′im‚plant]
(neuroscience)
A sensory prosthesis that restores some hearing to deaf people by electrically stimulating the auditory nerve.


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Speech perception using a two-formant 22-electrode cochlear prosthesis in quiet and in noise.
The Testbed Areas The Center will focus on two application testbed systems: an rf-powered implantable microsystem (initially a cochlear prosthesis for the profoundly deaf, with subsequent extension to devices for treating epilepsy and Parkinson's disease) and a battery-powered environmental monitoring system capable of measuring atmospheric pollutants and water quality as well as barometric pressure, temperature, humidity, and other variables.
 
 
 
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