Another important aspect of CI research is the relationship between the auditory nerve's health and the performance of cochlear implants. Recent studies have utilized electrically evoked compound ...

A cochlear implant works as a prosthetic for the damaged portions of the inner ear ... that transmits electric pulses to the auditory nerve. A cochlear implant receives sounds through the outer ...

The busy MUSC Health Cochlear Implant Program is about to launch another clinical trial. This one will test a device that has ...

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 delay, Martin adds, might in part arise because the electrical ... the researchers next plan to test vagus nerve stimulation in rodents with cochlear implants to see if it improves their ...

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 ...