Resumen de Optogenetic cure for deafness
Light could help restore hearing. Improved cochlear implant may one day rely on a combination of miniature LEDs and gene therapy. Standard cochlear implants use an electrode Inside the cochlea--the ear's tiny spiral cavity--to stimulate auditory nerves. But they give users distorted hearing, making people sound like daleks. That's because they only distinguish between around a dozen frequencies or "channels", whereas people who aren't deaf can discriminate between about 2000.
