Please note: The auditory nerve is not "severed". The wires from the cochlear implant lay on the auditory nerve to stimulate it. If the auditory nerve was severed, a person would have difficulty hearing with the implant. The only thing that it affects are the hair cells which are already being destroyed in a sensorineural hearing loss.
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Linda LewisAugust 29, 2018
Please note: The auditory nerve is not "severed". The wires from the cochlear implant lay on the auditory nerve to stimulate it. If the auditory nerve was severed, a person would have difficulty hearing with the implant. The only thing that it affects are the hair cells which are already being destroyed in a sensorineural hearing loss.
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