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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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While the OTO Tech is carrying out the more basic services and administrative duties, the audiologist is freed to perform more complex services, such as hearing aid fittings, cochlear implant rehabilitation, balance therapy, and auditory brainstem responses. Describing himself as a cyborg, Chorost relates the profound alteration of his life after a cochlear implant restored his hearing. The picture of the new cochlear implant ("Hearing implant knows where it goes,' SN: 1/14/06, p. |
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