Cochlear Implants

Cochlear Implant

A cochlear implant is a small electronic device that enables an audibly weak person hear the important sounds and noises properly. The external part of the implant remains behind the ear, and the doctor surgically implants another part of it exactly below the ear canal.

Some of the essential features of a Cochlear Implant include:

• A microphone that can capture sounds from the surrounding environments.
• A speech processor which is a device that picks and organises sounds captured by a microphone
• A transmitter and receiver/stimulator that receives and translates signals from the speech processor and sends them to the electric impulses directly
• The stimulator which uses a series of electrodes to collect the electric impulses and after that it sends those impulses to the auditory nerve

In short, a cochlear implant will not restore a person’s hearing ability completely. Instead, it will improve the patient’s hearing disorder to some extent, so that the person can hear different sounds and noises in different environments properly.

And when that happens, the speaking power of the victim will also improve a lot than before.