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The Technology That Lets Deaf People Hear Could Also Treat Hearing Damage

Rachel Feltman | Quartz | April 23, 2014

When someone’s auditory nerve is damaged, a cochlear implant acts as a substitute for the lack of vital nerve cells...Gary Housley, director of the Translational Neuroscience Facility at the University of New South Wales, has published a study (paywall) demonstrating the process in animal models...

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