cochlear implant

English

Noun

cochlear implant (plural cochlear implants)

A surgically implanted electronic device that can help provide a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing.

Synonyms

bionic ear

Translations

aural implant

Afrikaans: kogleêre implanting
Catalan: implant coclear (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 人工耳蝸, 人工耳蜗 (réngōng ěrwō or réngōng ěrguā [Taiwan]), 人工電子耳, 人工电子耳 (réngōng diànzǐ'ěr)

Finnish: sisäkorvaistute, sisäkorvaproteesi
Icelandic: kuðungsígræði n
Russian: кохлеа́рный импланта́т m (koxleárnyj implantát)

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