Previous studies have shown that, without connexin 26, the cochlea fails to develop its normal shape and is incapable of amplifying sound-induced vibrations necessary for efficient sound detection.

Rather, it works by directly stimulating any functioning auditory nerves inside the cochlea with an electric field. 3) Will it restore hearing to normal? While cochlear implants do not restore normal ...

"So far, it seems to be going just as a normal cochlear implant would go, except for, we don't have the stigma of the external pieces," says Dr. Goldstein. The goal behind the fully-implanted ...

So far four people have had the internal microphone implanted and hooked up to their normal cochlear implant, with two more trials to follow later this year, says Jenkins, who has been assessing ...

The low precision of electrical neural activation, compared to the precise activation that occurs in the normal cochlea, may explain why increasing the number of electrodes on a cochlear implant ...

The reason for this finding could be that children with cochlear implants are older when they are first exposed to spoken language. Those with normal hearing learn aspects of language, such as the ...

In patients with hepatitis B or hepatitis C with normal liver enzymes ... or METAVIR scoring system for considering therapy? Liver histology plays a much more important role in making decisions ...