An older patient asks a nurse, "My doctor referred me to a hearing specialist who thinks that surgery for a cochlear implant may be beneficial for me. Can you tell me how one of those things works?"
The nurse formulates a response based on the knowledge that:
a. a cochlear implant is permanent, surgical-ly-implanted hearing aid.
b. a cochlear implant speeds up the conduc-tion of sound to the auditory nerve.
c. a cochlear implant functions as an artificial auditory nerve.
d. a cochlear implant directly stimulates the auditory nerve.
ANS: D
A cochlear implant bypasses damaged portions of the ear and directly stimulates the auditory nerve.
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