Tong, Y. C.; Millar, J. B.; Blamey, P. J.; Clark, Graeme M.; Dowell, R. C.; Patrick, J. F.; Seligman, P. M.
(JAI Press Ltd, 1992)
The cochlear implant is a hearing prosthesis designed to replace the function of the ear. The operation of the prosthesis can be described as a sequence of four functions: the processing of the acoustic signal received by a microphone; the transfer of the processed signal through the skin; the creation of neural activity in the auditory nerve; and the integration of the experience of this neural activity into the perceptual and cognitive processing of the implantee.