Posts Tagged ‘Cochlear Implants’

Magnets feature in a wide range of medical applications including heart pumps, surgical tools, hearing aids, and cochlear implants.  A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted neuroprosthesis that provides a person who has moderate-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss with sound perception.  Unlike hearing aids, which amplify sounds, cochlear implants bypass damaged areas of the ear and…