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• 08 / 18 / 2008

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Among those achievements are cochlear implants, which have benefited several adolescents in eastern Ciego de Avila province, who have recovered their hearing capacity.

The devices were implanted in the patients' internal ear to correct their deep bilateral deafness gradually.

The device transmits electrical impulses to the brain that the patient has to learn to decode, thus the importance of postoperative treatments.

This cutting-edge electronic device transforms sound waves (noises, music and voice) into electrical impulses that are transmitted to the auditory nerve through the brain.

(DTCuba)