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Tag: hearing[1]
A fully implantable hearing aid is showing promise. Implant it convenient but doesn't work as well as external hearing aids. Why can bats fly when mice can't? Not resting on his laureate, new Nobel Prize winner Mario Capecchi is striving to answer that question. Is a fully implantable device worth the risks associated with the required surgery? Making Deaf Ears Hear with Light A laser-based approach could make cochlear implants, which currently use electrical signals, more effective. Researchers are testing ways to let people listen to gadget menu options instead of looking at them. While hearing in machines lags far behind vision in machines, the potential is great, and researchers are beginning to make impressive progress. [1]
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