Combined electro‐acoustic stimulation: a beneficial union?

Background:  The most pressing problem facing cochlear implant research is no longer making artificial hearing a reality. Instead, it is to develop devices that can more clearly reflect the capabilities of the human auditory system. Current cochlear implants rarely provide adequate pitch perception. As hearing loss commonly affects higher, more than lower frequencies, a possible solution is to preserve acoustic hearing at low frequencies by inserting a short electrode array and thus deliver combined electro‐acoustic stimulation (EAS).

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