cochlea
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- noun
- /ˈkɑːkliə/
- Specialized
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cóclea
- Damage to the cochlea can lead to permanent hearing loss if the hair cells responsible for sensing sound vibrations are destroyed.
- cochlea and nerve
- cochlea and cochlear
- turn of the cochlea
And that's because within that little coiled thing we call the cochlea, you have all these tiny little, little, what are called hair cells.
- And that's because within that little coiled thing we call the cochlea, you have all these tiny little, little, what are called hair cells.
- Now, some people really like the artificial cochlea.
Examples
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So here's this snail shaped organ, the cochlea, and they're arranged in sort of this spiral.
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The two main parts of the inner ear are the semicircular canals and the cochlea.
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And in other parts of the cochlea, the hearing is normal.
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In order for the cochlea to perform its intended functions, a number of conditions must be present.
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We begin to lose hair cells and areas of the cochlea become less responsive.
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The sound pressure level of the high frequency can really damage your cochlea.
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The reason for the severe loss in the basal turn of this cochlea is unclear.
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Most cases of tinnitus are caused by disorders in the cochlea or auditory nerve.
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The irreversibility of permanent hearing loss is a consequence of the cochlea's inability to repair or regenerate hair cells.
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Basically, this implant transforms acoustic energy waveforms into electrical signals that stimulate the cochlea through electrodes.
Academic text (1995)
Compounds
- Specialized
A small opening that leads into the cochlea, the snail-shaped part of the inner ear
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cochlea comes from an old word kochlias meaning 'snail', because this part of the ear looks like a snail shell. That's why the cochlea is the spiral part of the inner ear that turns sound into nerve signals.