Status praesens: cochlear implant. UIA-KULeuven-Forelec.
The authors review some basic anatomy and physiology of the auditory system as an introduction to the principles of cochlear implantation. A detailed description of the UIA-KUL-Forelec implant (LAURA) is given.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D003051:Cochlea / Q000166:cytology; D003054:Cochlear Implants / Q000295:instrumentation; D004423:Ear / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008144:Loudness Perception; D008839:Microelectrodes; D010898:Pitch Perception; D013067:Speech Perception