Cochlear
in sentence
23 examples of Cochlear in a sentence
Now some people have gotten some solace from electrical stimulators that are implanted in the brain, for Parkinson's disease or
cochlear
implants.
Seventy-five thousand people have Parkinson's deep-brain stimulators implanted, maybe 100,000 people have
cochlear
implants, which allow them to hear.
As a musician, I can tell you that if I had to have a
cochlear
implant, I'd be heartbroken.
However, despite this incredible facility that some
cochlear
implant users display with language, you turn on the radio and all of a sudden they can't hear music almost at all.
Okay, now if we consider that in a
cochlear
implant patient pitch perception could be off as much as two octaves, let's see what happens here when we randomize this to within one semitone.
Most
cochlear
implant users cannot tell the difference between an instrument.
Cochlear
implant users cannot tell the difference between these instruments.
Now if you look at the brain of an individual who has a
cochlear
implant and you have them listen to speech, have them listen to rhythm and have them listen to melody, what you find is that the auditory cortex is the most active during speech.
I've been very lucky to work with Dr. David Ryugo where I've been working on deaf cats that are white and trying to figure out what happens when we give them
cochlear
implants.
He's deaf, and he learned to play the piano after he received the
cochlear
implant.
When I was 12 years old, I was one of the first few people in Singapore who underwent
cochlear
implantation.
Every year, thousands of
cochlear
implants, diabetic pumps, pacemakers and defibrillators are being implanted in people.
Most deaf infants born in the United States now will receive
cochlear
implants, which are put into the brain and connected to a receiver, and which allow them to acquire a facsimile of hearing and to use oral speech.
But perhaps our technology has already made us "Life 2.1," with our artificial knees, pacemakers and
cochlear
implants.
It’s lined with hair cells that have specialized components called stereocilia, which move with the vibrations of the
cochlear
fluid and the basilar membrane.
Now, this technology has the potential to be a game-changer, because the only other solution for deafness is a
cochlear
implant, and that requires an invasive surgery.
And this can be built for 40 times cheaper than a
cochlear
implant, which opens up this technology globally, even for the poorest countries.
And now you have
cochlear
implants that go into people's heads and allow the deaf to begin to hear.
Brain-machine interfaces are already clinically well established – for example, in restoring hearing through
cochlear
implants.
For example, many in the deaf community have rejected
cochlear
implants, because they do not regard deafness as a disability that needs to be corrected, but as a part of their life and cultural identity.
To them,
cochlear
implants are an enhancement beyond normal functioning.
From this perspective,
cochlear
implants seem ethically unproblematic.
Early examples of neuroprosthetics, such as
cochlear
implants, which enable a deaf person to hear, or promising devices that could allow the blind to see, are already in use.
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