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SUBMITTER: Dieter A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7136966 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
EMBO molecular medicine 20200330 4
Cochlear implants (CIs) are considered the most successful neuroprosthesis as they enable speech comprehension in the majority of half a million CI users suffering from sensorineural hearing loss. By electrically stimulating the auditory nerve, CIs constitute an interface re-connecting the brain and the auditory scene, providing the patient with information regarding the latter. However, since electric current is hard to focus in conductive environments such as the cochlea, the precision of elec ...[more]