Cochlear implant explained

A cochlear implant uses a sound processor that you wear behind your ear. A transmitter sends sound signals to a receiver and stimulator implanted under the skin, which stimulate the auditory nerve with electrodes that have been placed in the cochlea.

1. What do people with cochlear implants hear?
2. What are the 5 parts of the cochlear implant?
3. Can a person hear after cochlear implant?

What do people with cochlear implants hear?

Cochlear implants allow deaf people to receive and process sounds and speech. However, these devices do not restore normal hearing. They are tools that allow sound and speech to be processed and sent to the brain. A cochlear implant is not right for everyone.

What are the 5 parts of the cochlear implant?

Those components are: 1) speech processor; 2) headpiece; 3) internal implant; and 4) electrode array in the cochlea. The microphone on the speech processor captures sound and the processor converts the sound to a digital signal. The speech processor sends the digital signal across the skin to the internal implant.

Can a person hear after cochlear implant?

Cochlear implants do not cure hearing loss or restore hearing, but they do provide an opportunity for the severely hard of hearing or deaf to perceive the sensation of sound by bypassing the damaged inner ear. Unlike hearing aids, they require surgical implantation.