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The auditory prosthesis is perhaps the most successful neural prosthesis that uses electric stimulation to enhance or restore human neural, sensory, and motor function. Although a visual prosthesis is still in an early experimental stage, auditory prostheses have been used successfully to partially restore hearing in more than 60,000 hearing-impaired people worldwide. The auditory prostheses range from early single-electrode to modern multiple-electrode cochlear implants that bypass the damaged cochlea and stimulate the auditory nerve with electric currents. They also include specifically designed short electrodes and signal processing schemes that can be used to stimulate the auditory nerve while preserving the residual lowfrequency hearing for optimally combined acoustic and electric hearing. Furthermore, the auditory prostheses may stimulate the auditory brainstem or cortex in patients whose auditory nerve is not accessible because of, for example, acoustic tumors. This volume focuses on cochlear implants, but also discusses the design principles and performance data for other types of auditory prostheses.
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Zeng, FG. (2004). Auditory Prostheses: Past, Present, and Future. In: Zeng, FG., Popper, A.N., Fay, R.R. (eds) Cochlear Implants: Auditory Prostheses and Electric Hearing. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 20. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-22585-2_1
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