cochlear implant

English

Noun

cochlear implant (plural cochlear implants)

1. 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)