The modern cochlear implant: a triumph of biomedical engineering and the first substantial restoration of human sense using a medical intervention
BS Wilson - IEEE pulse, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
IEEE pulse, 2017•ieeexplore.ieee.org
Even as recently as the mid-1980s, many experts in otology and auditory science thought
that restoration of useful hearing with crude and pervasive electrical stimulation of the
cochlea was a fool's dream. The esteemed Prof. Rainer Klinke from Frankfurt (Figure 1) was
among the chorus of critics, asserting in 1978 that" from a physiological point of view,
cochlear implants will not work." Many others made similar categorical statements.
that restoration of useful hearing with crude and pervasive electrical stimulation of the
cochlea was a fool's dream. The esteemed Prof. Rainer Klinke from Frankfurt (Figure 1) was
among the chorus of critics, asserting in 1978 that" from a physiological point of view,
cochlear implants will not work." Many others made similar categorical statements.
Even as recently as the mid-1980s, many experts in otology and auditory science thought that restoration of useful hearing with crude and pervasive electrical stimulation of the cochlea was a fool's dream. The esteemed Prof. Rainer Klinke from Frankfurt (Figure 1) was among the chorus of critics, asserting in 1978 that "from a physiological point of view, cochlear implants will not work." Many others made similar categorical statements.
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