a device that stimulates the acoustic nerve in the inner ear in order to produce some form of hearing in people who are deaf from inner ear disease
cochlear implant in American English
noun
a device consisting of microelectrodes that deliver electrical stimuli directly to the auditory nerve when surgically implanted into the cochlea, enabling a person with sensorineural deafness to hear
Also called: artificial ear
Examples of 'cochlear implant' in a sentence
cochlear implant
A cochlear implant improves hearing by stimulating the auditory nerve electrically.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The cochlear implant has partially restored his hearing.
Houston Chronicle (2003)
His hearing was partially restored the following year by a cochlear implant.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Later she would have a cochlear implant.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He hears pitch now, which he couldn't before the cochlear implant he had a few years ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
One month ago, a group of profoundly deaf people had a cochlear implant fitted to stimulate the inner ear and enable them to hear.
The Sun (2016)
Another surgeon then inserts a small electronic device called a cochlear implant near her left ear.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A cochlear implant does the job of the inner ear, converting sound into electrical signals that the brain can convert back into sound.