Multichannel cochlear implant
Implante coclear multicanal
- Date
- 1978 · confidence high
- Place
- University of Melbourne, Australia
- Credited to
- Graeme Clark (Melbourne; Cochlear Ltd., 1982); William House (single-channel implant, Los Angeles, 1961)
- People
- 👤 Graeme Clark1935–
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
Device that directly stimulates the auditory nerve with electrodes in the cochlea, restoring hearing to deaf people. It was the first effective neural sensory prosthesis.
What it led to
- Neuroprosthetics and brain-machine interfaces
- The debate within the Deaf community over identity and culture
- Retinal and vestibular implants