Could auditory nerve implants be the future for severely or profoundly deaf children? The Sun reports today that an Irish toddler has had the surgery to implant one and the results have been encouraging. At the same time, researchers at the university of Michigan have switched their attention from developing new cochlear implant devices to focusing on nerve implants as they believe they have the potential to perform far better.
The technology is in its early days and it is reported that it will be at least ten years before nerve implants are ready to take the place of cochlear implants.
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