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Auditory brainstem implant — An Auditory Brain Stem Implant (ABI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf, due to sensorineural hearing impairment (due to illness or injury damaging the cochlea or auditory … Wikipedia
auditory brainstem implant — noun an artificial hearing device, similar to the cochlear implant, but with the pad of electrodes implanted directly into the base of the brain on the nerve centre of the cochlea …
Implant, brainstem — An auditory prosthesis (hearing aide) that bypasses the cochlea in the middle ear and the auditory nerve. This type of implant helps individuals who can not benefit from a cochlear implant because the auditory nerves are not working … Medical dictionary
Cochlear implant — A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. The cochlear implant is often referred to as a bionic ear. As of December 2010,… … Wikipedia
Brain implant — Brain implants, often referred to as neural implants, are technological devices that connect directly to a biological subject s brain usually placed on the surface of the brain, or attached to the brain s cortex. A common purpose of modern brain… … Wikipedia
Auditory brainstem response — The auditory brainstem response (ABR) is an auditory evoked potential extracted from ongoing electrical activity in the brain and recorded via electrodes placed on the scalp. The resulting recording is a series of vertex positive waves of which I … Wikipedia
Neuroprosthetics — (also called neural prosthetics) is a discipline related to neuroscience and biomedical engineering concerned with developing neural prostheses. Neural prostheses are a series of devices that can substitute a motor, sensory or cognitive modality… … Wikipedia
Glossary of medical terms related to communications disorders — This is a glossary of medical terms related to communications disorders such as blindness and deafness. NOTOC A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Acoustic neuroma tumor, usually benign, which may develop on the hearing and… … Wikipedia
Слуховой стволомозговой имплантат — (англ. auditory brainstem implant, ABI), или Стволомозговой имплантат (англ. brainstem implant) экспериментальный медицинский прибор, позволяющий восстановить слух некоторым пациентам с глухотой невральной этиологии.… … Википедия
House Ear Clinic — was established in 1956 by Doctors William F. House, M.D., Howard P. House, M.D., James Sheehy, M.D. and Fred Linthicum, M.D. with a focus in practice on problems of the ear, nose and throat (ENT), otology, and otolaryngology.Howard P. House was… … Wikipedia
