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Cochlear implants questions.
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Hosehead
Executive Member
Cochlear implants are not hearing aids even though they look like behind the ear hearing aids. If both ears are implanted then earphones serve no function because the cochlear implant bypasses the middle ear and gets implanted into the cochlea. (so sound waves are not needed)The hearing aid bit you see behind the ear is actually the sound processor and this is connected by a wire to an external magnet further up the head to one embedded beneath it in the skull flap which connects to the rest of the software which is embedded in a hard case surgically seated in the skull which connects with the electrodes implanted in the cochlea which stimulate the hearing nerve.
There are 3 cochlear systems on the market and most have attachments or various wireless conections for ipod etc to the processor part behind the ear. No need for earphones as the ears no longer process soundwaves in the traditional sense.
sound is converted by the external processor into digital code and radioed to the cochlea - that's about as rudimentary an explaination as it can get.
There are 3 cochlear systems on the market and most have attachments or various wireless conections for ipod etc to the processor part behind the ear. No need for earphones as the ears no longer process soundwaves in the traditional sense.
sound is converted by the external processor into digital code and radioed to the cochlea - that's about as rudimentary an explaination as it can get.
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cerebus
Honorary Master
Cochlear implants these days have modular designs to facilitate different kinds of listening - as Hosehead said iPod attachments are pretty standard. The user has to be careful though when using them because they literally cannot hear ANYTHING but the earphones.
So if the person puts on my Skullcandy Skullcrucher vibrating headphones , she will not hear the music play , just feel the vibrations ?
Most important of all, can the cochlear implants be damaged if she tries this ?
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Hosehead
Executive Member
Just feel the vibrations. ..But if the other ear is not implanted or she wears a hearing aid or nothing on that she should hear something or maybe not. I'm assuming both ears are implanted. If so feel vibrations only.
The only danger would be extreme vibration if skull candy is even capable of that?? causing the interior magnet/software capsule to shift position.
Some CI's allow for earphones to be fitted IICR.
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