cochlear damage

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• Cochlear implant — A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. The cochlear implant is often referred to as a bionic ear. As of December 2010,… …   Wikipedia

• cochlear implant — /ˌkɒkliər ˈɪmplænt/ (say .kokleeuhr implant) noun an artificial hearing device which produces hearing sounds by stimulating inner ear nerves by means of a pad of electrodes implanted into the cochlea which process sounds received from an external …  

• Hearing impairment — See also: Deaf culture for the social movement.. Deaf and/or hard of hearing Classification and external resources The International Symbol for Deafness …   Wikipedia

• Sensorineural hearing loss — Classification and external resources Cross section of the cochlea. ICD 10 H …   Wikipedia

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• Noise-induced hearing loss — (NIHL) is an increasingly prevalent disorder that results from exposure to high intensity sound, especially over a long period of time. Contents 1 Description 2 Mechanism 3 Types 3.1 …   Wikipedia

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• short increment sensitivity index — (SISI) tones of 1 to 5 decibel increments in intensity and lasting 0.5 second are superimposed on a continuous (carrier) tone of the same frequency at random intervals, the carrier tone being 20 decibels above the speech reception threshold; only …   Medical dictionary

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