| 41. | Now I have this technology called a cochlear implant.
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| 42. | A " cochlear implant " will be attempted, inserting electrodes that would simulate nerve endings.
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| 43. | This is done on the external component of the cochlear implant called the sound processor.
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| 44. | For Naomi Koh's family, their daughter's cochlear implant meant giving up speaking Chinese at home.
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| 45. | They also host several support group meetings including Tinnitus and Cochlear Implant Support Group Meetings.
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| 46. | Additionally, the addition of noise to cochlear implant signals improved the threshold for frequency discrimination.
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| 47. | In cochlear implants, patients continued to show improved word recognition scores as the years passed,
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| 48. | Wires from the cochlear implant transmit impulses from an externally worn device that gathers sounds.
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| 49. | Cochlear implants provide an example of such devices.
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| 50. | She can hear now because she has had surgery to install a " cochlear implant ."
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