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Useful sites | Cochlear implants – wiring for sound

The Bionic Ear Institute (Australia)

• What is a cochlear implant?
  A description, with photographs, of one type of cochlear implant.
  http://www.bionicear.org/mhg/cicaboutcochlearimplants.html

• History of the cochlear implant
  Describes the history of electrical methods to stimulate hearing.
  http://www.bionicear.org/bei/AboutHistory.html

How hearing works (How stuff works, USA)

Provides an introduction to the hearing system.
http://health.howstuffworks.com/hearing.htm

Cochlear implant (The Science Show, 8 May 2004, Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Researchers describe how a cochlear implant works and how we know what a deaf person hears when they receive an implant.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2004/1100196.htm

Sound from silence: The development of cochlear implants (Beyond Discovery, National Academy of Sciences, USA)

Describes the centuries of scientific research that provided the foundations for the development of cochlear implants. (A PDF file of the complete article is available.)
http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/content/view.article.asp?a=252

Genetic silencer (Access Excellence)

Describes a genetic defect that appears to underlie the most common cause of deafness.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/SUA02/genetic_silencer.html