maxcorrice t1_j8c2wn6 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 4:46 AM

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Definitely, but we aren’t super far off, things like cochlear implants and the many many things we’ve done for the heart are the first steps, definitely not the direct building blocks, but not unrelated

HuckleSmothered t1_j8c3aoo wrote on February 13, 2023 at 4:50 AM

Do Cochlear feed straight to the nerve? Or do they interface with the tissue connected to the nerve?

maxcorrice t1_j8c3tt3 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 4:55 AM

seems like nerve? i can’t tell exactly, everywhere i look it is designed for the extreme laymen

dameprimus t1_j8d4s6v wrote on February 13, 2023 at 12:46 PM

Look at this diagram: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_of_Corti

That’s the cochlea in cross section. Easiest way to think about it is that the cochlea is a bundle of 3 hollow tubes. The nerve runs through one tube and the cochlear implant is placed in a different tube (the scala tympani).