Cochlear Implants Offer Hard-Of-Hearing Renewed Sense, But Sound Otherworldly To Everyone Else

Cochlear Implants Offer Hard-Of-Hearing Renewed Sense, But Sound Otherworldly To Everyone Else: The cochlear implant is perhaps the greatest contribution science has made to overcoming deafness in the 20th century. Its introduction gave a soundtrack to people’s lives: the clanging of dinner forks, the hum of evening traffic, a baby’s cry. Now researchers have provided the reverse perspective, as the hearing-capable can find out what a cochlear implant sounds like to a deaf person.