Surgery
The bone that is depressed in order to make room for the implant
What is the mastoid bone?
The function of this piece of the cochlear implant is to connect the transmitter and receiver/stimulator
What is the function of the magnet?
True or False:
Cochlear implants bring back normal hearing.
False
A device that sends signals to electrodes in the cochlea which triggers the auditory nerve
The surgeon who implants the device
What is an ENT?
The part of the cochlear implant that picks up sounds from the environment
What is the microphone?
Rehabilitation or habilitation of hearing after getting a cochlear implant
What is subsequent remediation
In the cochlea higher frequency sounds are processed at the base, whereas lower frequency sounds processed at progressively higher points
What is tonotopic organization?
The average hospital stay for a recovering patient
What is 24 hours after surgery?
This part of the cochlear implant is located on the outside of the head behind the ear
What is the transmitter?
True or false:
Results of cochlear implantation vary based on different factors
True
Hearing loss that occurs in both ears due to damage of the hair cells of the cochlea
What is bilateral sensorineural hearing loss?
The most life threatening risk that can occur after surgery is complete
What is infection leading to meningitis?
This part of the cochlear implant arranges sounds into a digital signal that is sent to the transmitter
What is the speech processor?
True or false:
Adults with little or no experience with sound will do better with cochlear implants.
False
Cochlea, Scala Tympani, and Vestibulocochlear nerve
What are the structures of the ear involved with a cochlear implant?
Why is surgery needed for cochlear implants?
An internal portion of the device must be implanted
This part of the cochlear implant receives electrical impulses from the receiver/stimulator
What is the electrode array?
How many weeks after surgery is the cochlear implant turned on?
What is 4-6 weeks
Tympanic Membrane and ossicles
What structures of the ear are bypassed when using a cochlear implant?