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The Functional Replacement of the Ear

Implantable prostheses designed to deliver electrical stimuli directly to the auditory nerve hold considerable promise for people with a type of deafness in which the sensory hair cells of the inner ear are damaged

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 252 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “The Functional Replacement of the Ear” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 252 No. 2 (), p. 104
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0285-104