For decades, hearing experts thought that the cochlea's spiral shape was simply an efficient packing job and its shape had no effect on how this critical hearing organ functions. But a recent ...

New Math Model Finds That The Cochlea's Spiral Shape Enhances Low Frequencies Date: May 11, 2006 Source: Vanderbilt University Summary: For decades, hearing experts thought that the cochlea's ...

When hearing aids are not enough, cochlear implants are the next step to alleviate hearing loss. But they are not for everyone. A transdisciplinary research team aims to customise each device and ...

T he human ear has a snail-shaped, fluid-filled structure called the cochlea which plays a crucial role in hearing. It detects sound as vibrations and converts those into nerve signals for the brain.

The use of cochlear implants to treat children and adults with severe sensorineural hearing loss has made "incredible progress" over recent years, according to Christopher Bohr, MD, PhD, director ...

This model will not only facilitate further research of the human ear but may also help to improve and better adjust compensation devices for people with hearing impairment, including cochlear ...

At the root of these models lies an accurate geometric description of the cochlea and its surrounding structures that, for live cochlear implantation users, needs to be derived from low-resolution ...

The mammalian cochlea contains an invariant mosaic of sensory hair cells and non-sensory supporting cells reminiscent of invertebrate structures such as the compound eye in Drosophila melanogaster1,2.