It travels from the cochlea, a spiral-shaped structure in the inner ear, to the brainstem as part of the eighth cranial nerve. The other part of cranial nerve VIII, called the vestibular nerve ...

A cochlear implant is an electronic device implanted in the ear's inner side to improve speech understanding. It does not restore hearing; rather, it enhances it. A cochlear implant specialist can ...

The hearing organ in mammals is a spiraling structure called the "cochlea" from the Greek word for snail. It spirals out from the saccule (one of the balance organs). There are two and a half turns in ...

Research: Rehabilitation of human hearing with a totally implantable cochlear implant: a feasibility study. Image Credit: decade3d - anatomy online / Shutterstock Scientists have developed a ...