Cochlear implants – wiring for sound
Useful Sites
What is a cochlear implant? (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
A brief description, with photographs, of cochlear implants.
About the bionic ear (The Bionic Ear Institute, Australia)
Describes the history of electrical methods to stimulate hearing.
How hearing works (How stuff works, USA)
Provides an introduction to the hearing system.
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.
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.)
The cochlear implant (The Powerhouse Museum, Australia)
Describes the development of the cochlear implant and how the implant works, from an Australian perspective.
Page updated August 2009.