cochlear implant
noun
: an electronic prosthetic device that enables individuals with sensorineural hearing loss to recognize some sounds and consists of an external microphone and speech processor and one or more electrodes implanted in the cochlea
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Her signature glittering pink cat-eye sunglasses were tucked behind her ears along with a coordinated Hearing Henry headband, which held her cochlear implant devices in place. 
Lindzi Scharf, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2022 Like most deaf children in the district, she was fitted with a cochlear implant as an infant and placed into a speaking-and-listening early intervention program. Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022 However, the cochlear implant market is expanding rapidly, and developing countries are new and fast-growing markets. Michele Friedner, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2021 The book then shifts to the long (and still underway) recovery, which involves learning to hear all over again via a cochlear implant, the loss and partial recovery of his sense of taste, and sadness over his inability to smell his own farts. Jeff Dunn And Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 10 Dec. 2021 The family moved to Minsk when Korney was two so that he could be given a cochlear implant. Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021 Many deaf individuals have chosen not to undergo cochlear implant surgery, even with the prospect of being able to hear for the first time. Ronit Molko, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021 Turn it down, y'all, before her cochlear implant explodes! Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2021 Such programs are expensive and involve purchasing implants from multinational cochlear implant manufacturers. Michele Friedner, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2021 See More
Lindzi Scharf, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2022 Like most deaf children in the district, she was fitted with a cochlear implant as an infant and placed into a speaking-and-listening early intervention program. Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022 However, the cochlear implant market is expanding rapidly, and developing countries are new and fast-growing markets. Michele Friedner, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2021 The book then shifts to the long (and still underway) recovery, which involves learning to hear all over again via a cochlear implant, the loss and partial recovery of his sense of taste, and sadness over his inability to smell his own farts. Jeff Dunn And Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 10 Dec. 2021 The family moved to Minsk when Korney was two so that he could be given a cochlear implant. Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021 Many deaf individuals have chosen not to undergo cochlear implant surgery, even with the prospect of being able to hear for the first time. Ronit Molko, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021 Turn it down, y'all, before her cochlear implant explodes! Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2021 Such programs are expensive and involve purchasing implants from multinational cochlear implant manufacturers. Michele Friedner, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1967, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
cochlear implant
noun
: an electrical prosthetic device that enables individuals with sensorineural hearing loss to recognize some sounds and that consists of an external microphone and speech processor that receive and convert sound waves into electrical signals which are transmitted to one or more electrodes implanted in the cochlea where they stimulate the auditory nerve