Benefits of Cochlear Implants - Who Can Gain the Most? Cochlear implants, unlike the typical hearing aids that amplify sound, deliver the sound signals directly to the hearing nerve (also known as auditory nerve) by bypassing the damaged parts of the ear.
This electronic device is implanted for the people who have undergone severe inner-ear damage and they work by partially or fully restoring the hearing. How cochlear implants work? Cochlear is an electric sound processing device and it is implanted behind the ear. This processor receives sound signals and sends them to the receiver that is implanted under the skin behind the ear. These signals will be sent to the electrodes that are planted inside the cochlea, the snail-shaped part inside the ear. The stimulated auditory nerve, then, sends these sound signals to the brain to interpret them and to give a sense of hearing. Cochlear implants are employed in the cases of severe inner ear damage and the child or person needs time to get used to these sounds although the sound is not like the regular sounds.