The Cochlear Implant: Historical Aspects and Future Prospects

Anatomical Record

Volumn 295, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1967-1980

  Eshraghi, Adrien A ^a   Nazarian, Ronen ^a   Telischi, Fred F ^a   Rajguru, Suhrud M ^a   Truy, Eric ^b   Gupta, Chhavi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Deafness; Hair cells; Hearing preservation; Infrared nerve stimulation; Optical stimulation; Spiral ganglion neurons

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH; SAFETY;

ANIMALS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 84867896931     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22580     Document Type: Article

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