Cochlea

several approaches to improve the discernment of the electrical stimulation within the cochlea, one of them includes using current focusing techniques to create more confined electrical fields and using therapies that are drug centered to help improve the electrode neural interface. Shepherd and Wise discuss how Pinyon described several different techniques to deliver the needed neurotrophins into the cochlea of someone who is deaf by using the “close-field” electroporation (CFE) gene therapy. (Shepherd)

is the cochlea, which is a spiral fluid filled tube inside our ear. This organ has three different divisions or most commonly called the scalae, which makes it circulate together around the central core and it creates something similar looking to a snail with a shell. This is where many of the blood vessels as well as the auditory nerve are confined. The organ of Corti, which is the site for all of the receptor cell sis found one membrane between the scalae and basilar membrane. The cochlea is one

Did You Know? Amazing Cochlea Facts Located in the inner ear, the cochlea is small, but packs a mighty punch. The cochlea plays an important role, as it takes the sound vibrations that it receives and transforms them into nerve impulses. These nerve impulses are then sent to the brain, where they are translated into recognizable sounds. The cochlea is truly amazing, as it helps us perceive the sense that we refer to as “hearing”. In fact, the cochlea is considered to be the most complex part of

Script Question 1: Hearing aids and cochlear implants have different functions to help improve your hearing. You currently have use hearing aids. Hearing aids come in many forms and offer different features. Hearing aids makes the sounds and voices around you louder. Here is a picture of hearing aid that you have. Depending on the hearing aid, the battery and ear piece will vary in size. You mentioned that you have ptosis. A hearing aid may be difficult to operate because the buttons are small

next part of the middle ear which consist of three small bones called the ossicles also known individually as the malleus, incus and stapes. The sound energy up to the inner ear travels through air but after these three small bones the inner ear (cochlea) is filled with a fluid that the vibrations pass through. I imagine the reason for this is that liquid can transfer the energy more efficiently than air. The malleus, incus and stapes act as an amplifier to boost the level going into this liquid filled

The term cochlear amplifier, coined by Thomas Gold in 1948, can be described as a positive feedback mechanism whereby outer hair cells amplify displacements of the basilar membrane in the cochlea. It characterises ‘the collection of processes that increase sound vibrations in the inner ear’ (Ashmore & Gale, 2004). Sounds are generated by movement of air molecules that create changes in air pressure. These changes in pressure are called compressions, when the molecules are closer together, and rarefication

A cochlear implant is an electronic medical device that does the work of the damaged parts of the cochlea, which is the inner ear, to provide sound signals to the brain. Cochlear implants were a major breakthrough in history. There was now a way for people, who have had little or no benefit from hearing aids, to receive sound. The cochlear implant, which was sometimes called a “Bionic Ear” could help some people to hear again. In 1972 the first single channel cochlear implant was introduced. This

When outer hair cells are damaged, compression of cochlea is diminished. The Basilar membrane is broadly tuned and becomes linear in case of total damage to OHC. Because of which, there is a less gain or no gain for low intensity levels. Also, the threshold level elevates from normal threshold level and reduces the dynamic range. In a condition called loudness recruitment, the loudness growth near the threshold is same as normal or other hearing impaired, but abnormally high at the elevated thresholds

Who is affected by hearing loss? Hearing loss is the most common physical disability in the whole wide world. In the United States alone, about 28 million people have some level of hearing impairment that interferes with their ability to understand normal speech and participate in conversations. Another 2 million cannot hear at all. Age is the most common factor in increasing hearing loss. About 30 percent of people between 65 and 74 experience some difficulty in hearing. That percentage and the

5.Semi-circular Canal The semi-circular canal is connected to the cochlea. It is filled with fluid and is also known as the organ which keeps everything in balance (Roberts and Roberts, 2010). The main purpose of the semi-circular canal is that it senses movement and keep a balance in the head (Wright, 2007).