ReviewNature neuroscience2009
Beyond cochlear implants: awakening the deafened brain.
Review in Nature neuroscience, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers.
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93 citing papers in PubMed.
- Training spatial hearing in unilateral cochlear implant users through reaching to sounds in virtual reality.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023Trial
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- Top-down influences of written text on perceived clarity of degraded speech.Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance · 2014Trial
- Longitudinal adaptations in neural and behavioral systems following hearing restoration using cochlear implants.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Alpha oscillatory activity reveals focused-attentional disparity between cochlear implant users and normal hearing listeners.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Linking brain activation to clinical outcomes: an fNIRS study in cochlear implant users and normal hearing individuals.Neurophotonics · 2026Article
- Using cortical auditory-evoked potential responses to verify the objective benefit of aural rehabilitation in adult cochlear implant users.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- The auditory nerve implant-concept and device description of a novel electrical auditory prosthesis.Bioelectronic medicine · 2025Review
- Electrical Stimulation of Cells: Drivers, Technology, and Effects.Chemical reviews · 2025Review
- Distinct cortical encoding of acoustic and electrical cochlear stimulation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Piezoelectric nanofiber-based intelligent hearing system.Science advances · 2025Article
- Habilitation beyond the Bionic Metaphor: Producing Deafnesses of the Future.Science, technology & human values · 2025Article
- Learning to hear again with alternating cochlear frequency allocations.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Speech outcomes in cochlear implant users depend on visual cross-modal cortical activity measured before or after implantation.Brain communications · 2025Article
- Speech and Language Development 5 Years Post-Implantation:- The Value of Continuity of Auditory Verbal Therapy.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024Article
- Artifact removal by template subtraction enables recordings of the frequency following response in cochlear-implant users.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Thin-film implants for bioelectronic medicine.MRS bulletin · 2024Review
- Adaptation in auditory processing.Physiological reviews · 2023Review
- Differential optogenetic activation of the auditory midbrain in freely moving behaving mice.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2023Article
- Design and Simulation of a Low Power 384-channel Actively Multiplexed Neural Interface.IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference : healthcare technology : [proceedings]. IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference · 2022Article
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Abstract
Cochlear implants have provided hearing to more than 120,000 deaf people. Recent surgical developments include direct electrical stimulation of the brain, bilateral implants and implantation in children less than 1 year old. However, research is beginning to refocus on the role of the brain in providing benefits to implant users. The auditory system is able to use the highly impoverished input provided by implants to interpret speech, but this only works well in those who have developed language before their deafness or in those who receive their implant at a very young age. We discuss recent evidence suggesting that developing the ability of the brain to learn how to use an implant may be as important as further improvements of the implant technology.
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