The auditory brainstem implant (ABI) does provide auditory sensations, recognition of environmental sounds and aid in spoken communication in about 300 patients worldwide.
It is no more an investigative device but widely accepted for the treatment of patients who have lost hearing due to bilateral tumors of the hearing nerve who transmits the acoustic information from the cochlea to the brain...
Keywords: Auditory, brainstem, deafness, hearing, neuroprothetics, implant, Auditorisch, Hirnstamm, Taubheit, Hren, Neuroprothetik, Implantat
04/2004 | Biomedizinische Technik, Walter de Gruyter