Whether hearing aids or other treatments (such
as cochlear implants) can help stave off dementia is the «50 billion dollar question,» Dr. Lin adds.
The technology is likely to find its way into other types of hearing device, such
as cochlear implants.
Not exact matches
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Cochlear implants do not work for all children, implants are not always successful and should not be portrayed
as a «cure» for deafness.
As the cochlea's fluid moves, about 15,000 hair cells sitting in it, each tuned to a particular frequency, pick up the motions; the
cochlear nerve translates the movements into auditory messages that are sent to the brain.
The other deaf people, those who carried out the task at the same speed
as the control subjects, remain anchored to orality and therefore gain more benefit from
cochlear implants.
Moser and his team plan to develop an optical
cochlear implant with 100 channels, using micro-LEDs
as the light source.
As early as six months after cochlear implantation, improved average scores in all cognitive domains were see
As early
as six months after cochlear implantation, improved average scores in all cognitive domains were see
as six months after
cochlear implantation, improved average scores in all cognitive domains were seen.
CYBORGS have walked among us for many years: humans fused with devices such
as pacemakers, prosthetics and
cochlear and retinal implants.
In particular, it has a long
cochlear duct, a canal in the inner ear associated with the ability to hear the kind of low - frequency sounds that its vegetarian prey would have made
as they crept through the underbrush.
With a better understanding of how our auditory system functions,
cochlear implants, and even our phones, might eventually be able to pick our voices out in a crowd just
as well
as we can.
As a hearing specialist and surgeon at Johns Hopkins Medical Center, he performs
cochlear implants in patients to restore hearing and enable the deaf to appreciate music.
A similar approach is employed with
cochlear implants for hearing loss which translate sounds into electrical stimulation of the inner ear and, over time, the brain learns to interpret these inputs
as sound.
Already, researchers have developed devices such
as deep brain stimulators for treating Parkinson's disease,
cochlear implants for restoring minimal hearing in profoundly deaf people, and a computer interface called BrainGate that allows fully paralyzed individuals to accomplish simple tasks via a robotic arm.
Although not involved in research on SSDs, Lomber has studied the visual cortex and currently focuses on how the brain responds when hearing is restored (
as in deaf people who receive
cochlear implants).
Even more likely to get a nod would be Jessica Chastain, who's terrific here
as Shannon's wife, trying to stand by her man while also wondering how he's going to pay for their deaf daughter's
cochlear implants if this storm never hits.
This category is identified
as a hearing impairment (fluctuating or permanent) that is severe enough to impact the process of verbal information (with or without amplification from hearing aids,
cochlear implants, etc.) and adversely affects — you guessed it — a child's performance.
Indeed, says Dr. Flanders, «About 80 percent of white cats with two blue eyes will start to show signs of deafness when they are about four days old
as the result of
cochlear degeneration.»
The
cochlear implant also known
as «bionic ear» comprises of an external sound process that receives sound and processes it through a minicomputer.
• Treat patients with
cochlear implants, including monitoring and programming the devices, and providing assistance to help patients
as necessary.
(A) Nothing in this part limits the right of an infant or toddler with a disability with a surgically implanted device (e.g.,
cochlear implant) to receive the early intervention services that are identified in the child's IFSP
as being needed to meet the child's developmental outcomes.
As a result, we see two types of deaf children being considered for cochlear implant candidacy: (a) young deaf infants and toddlers as part of early intervention plan promoting better language and behavioral development in deaf infants, and (b) older deaf children as the next alternate to other choices that have been attempted and did not satisfy family's expectatio
As a result, we see two types of deaf children being considered for
cochlear implant candidacy: (a) young deaf infants and toddlers
as part of early intervention plan promoting better language and behavioral development in deaf infants, and (b) older deaf children as the next alternate to other choices that have been attempted and did not satisfy family's expectatio
as part of early intervention plan promoting better language and behavioral development in deaf infants, and (b) older deaf children
as the next alternate to other choices that have been attempted and did not satisfy family's expectatio
as the next alternate to other choices that have been attempted and did not satisfy family's expectation.
All participants had hearing parents who were provided with extensive information about
cochlear implantation
as an intervention option at the Texas Children's Hospital.