Novel drug-releasing electrode protects hearing during cochlear implantation

Cochlear implants are life-changing biomedical devices that reconstruct dependable cognition for individuals with terrible to profound proceeding loss. However, the surgical insertion of modular electrodes into the delicate interior receptor often triggers acute inflammation, insubstantial scarring and secondary harm to remaining sensory hairsbreadth cells and auditory neurons. This trauma tin compromise electrical stimulation ratio and pb to the irreversible nonaccomplishment of residual hearing.