Forty years of “Waltzing Matilda”: the history of the multichannel cochlear implant

Ho, Joyce PK; North, Hannah; Singh, Narinder P

doi:10.5694/mja18.00365

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The fascinating history of the multichannel cochlear implant and its inventor, Professor Graeme Clark

A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted device for converting sounds into an electrical current that directly stimulates the cochlear nerve.1 It consists of external (microphone, speech processor, transmitter) and internal components (receiver/stimulator, electrode array in the cochlea) and can be implanted in both children and adults.

1 Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW
2 Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
3 Ear Nose & Throat Sydney, Sydney, NSW

Correspondence: joycepuikiu.ho@health.nsw.gov.au

Acknowledgements:

All images provided courtesy of Cochlear Limited.

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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