cochlear

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Relating to the spiral part of the inner ear that helps hearing

adjective
/ˈkɒkliər/

Specialized

: coclear

A cochlear implant can significantly improve the hearing ability of individuals with severe hearing loss.
cochlear implant
cochlear nerve
cochlear implantation

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Examples

Patients with no detectable hearing bilaterally or profound loss are cochlear implant candidates.

Academic text (1998)
Table 1 shows demographic data across individual children with profound hearing loss prior to cochlear implantation.

Academic text (2011)
All forms of conservative treatment should be tried before cochlear nerve section is considered.

Academic text (1995)
All patients had every available conservative treatment before cochlear nerve section was performed.

Academic text (1995)
Yes, I would give him a cochlear implant.

Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)
Have you ever heard of a cochlear implant?

Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)
Does it also include the cost of getting a cochlear implant?

Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)
I have a cochlear implant.

Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)
If you receive custody of your son, will you give him a cochlear implant?

Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)
As mentioned, flap necrosis is the most common complication of cochlear implant surgery.

Academic text (1999)

Surface Forms

cochlear positive

Morphology

cochlear = cochlea (transparent) = cochlea + ar

Adjectival formation from the noun 'cochlea' with the productive suffix '-ar' yielding 'relating to the cochlea', so knowing the base gives the meaning.

Etymology

Cochlear comes from the Latin cochlea, from Greek kokhlias, both meaning 'snail' because the inner ear part looks like a snail shell. So cochlear means 'relating to that spiral part of the ear that helps us hear'.