They work by bypassing damaged hair cells in the cochlea and directly stimulating the auditory nerve, allowing users to perceive sound. Recent research has focused on understanding how various ...
Most cochlear nerves carry information from the cochlea to the brain, but about 5% send signals in the opposite direction: from the brain to the cochlea. The exact role of those fibers has been a ...
This results in excitation of the corresponding hair cells and the generation of a cochlear nerve impulse. Thus, the hair cells play a major role in the conversion of mechanical (acoustic ...