Beyond cochlear implants: awakening the deafened brain

被引：173
作者：
Moore, David R. [1 ,2 ]
Shannon, Robert V. [3 ]
机构：
[1] MRC, Inst Hearing Res, Nottingham, England
[2] Natl Biomed Res Unit Hearing, Nottingham, England
[3] House Ear Res Inst, Los Angeles, CA USA
来源：
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE | 2009年 / 12卷 / 06期
基金：
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词：
PRIMARY AUDITORY-CORTEX; ELECTRICAL-STIMULATION; STEM IMPLANT; SPEECH RECOGNITION; DISTORTED SPEECH; CRITICAL PERIOD; CHILDREN; HEARING; PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION;
D O I：
10.1038/nn.2326
中图分类号：
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号：
071006 ;
摘要：
Cochlear implants have provided hearing to more than 120,000 deaf people. Recent surgical developments include direct electrical stimulation of the brain, bilateral implants and implantation in children less than 1 year old. However, research is beginning to refocus on the role of the brain in providing benefits to implant users. The auditory system is able to use the highly impoverished input provided by implants to interpret speech, but this only works well in those who have developed language before their deafness or in those who receive their implant at a very young age. We discuss recent evidence suggesting that developing the ability of the brain to learn how to use an implant may be as important as further improvements of the implant technology.
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页码：686 / 691
页数：6
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