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The cochlea houses the cell bodies of the cochlear nerve within ... precise job starts and ends with the following steps: Cochlear nerve damage can occur due to a number of causes.

SNHL occurs when the inner ear, the cochlea, is damaged. The cochlea is a spiral-shaped cavity filled with fluid containing the critical hearing cells. The primary hearing cells are the hair cells, ...

Cochlear implants compensate for damaged or non-working parts of the inner ear. When hearing is functioning normally, complicated parts of the inner ear convert sound waves in the air into ...

Hearing loss has substantial personal, social and economic implications. It is most commonly caused by damage to the sensory hair cells and/or the auditory neurons in the cochlea. One possible ...

Furthermore, “not all patients qualify for cochlear implant surgery ... formation of new sensory hair cells and restore hearing and balance after acute damage (Nature Neurosci.

"Since inflammatory processes and cell damage also play a role in acute sudden hearing loss, as in the case of residual ...

A cochlear implant may benefit those with severe ... ones losing remaining natural hearing in the ear with the implant damage to the implant during sports activity or accidents extensive ...