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Cochlear Implants

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Cochlear implants are electronic devices introduced surgically into the inner ear that directly stimulate the auditory nerve in response to sound. They can benefit severely, profoundly, or totally hearing-impaired patients who derive little or no benefit from hearing aids. The implant consists of an external component and a surgically implanted internal component. The external portion includes a microphone, microprocessor-based speech processor, and radio-frequency transmitting coil (Fig. 1). The implanted portion houses a radio-frequency receiver coil, microprocessor-based stimulator, and multichannel electrode array (Fig. 2).

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL

    Adrien A. Eshraghi MD, John E. King MD & Annelle V. Hodges PhD

  2. Department of Otolaryngology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL

    Thomas J. Balkany MD

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  1. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

    Frank E. Johnson MD  & Katherine S. Virgo PhD  & 

  2. Scott and White Hospital, Texas A & M University System Health Sciences Center College of Medicine, Temple, TX

    Terry C. Lairmore MD

  3. University of Liverpool, UK

    Riccardo A. Audisio MD, FRCS

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Eshraghi, A.A., King, J.E., Hodges, A.V., Balkany, T.J. (2006). Cochlear Implants. In: Johnson, F.E., Virgo, K.S., Lairmore, T.C., Audisio, R.A. (eds) The Bionic Human. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-975-2_27

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