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Will there be noise in their ears?

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Stochastic resonance may be just a few steps away from a practical application to cochlear implants for treating deafness (pages 928–932).

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  1. Center for Neurodynamics University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, 63121, USA

    Frank Moss

  2. Zentrum der Physiologie Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, D 60590, Frankfurt am Mai, Germany

    Faye Rainer Klinke

  3. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 770303, USA

    Faye Chiou-Tan

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Moss, F., Chiou-Tan, F. & Rainer Klinke, F. Will there be noise in their ears?. Nat Med 2, 860–862 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0896-860

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