Crossword clues for cochlear
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cochlear \Coch"le*ar\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the cochlea. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
a. (context anatomy English) Of or pertaining to the cochlea.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to the cochlea of the ear; "cochlear implant"
Wikipedia
Cochlear, the adjective form of cochlea, may refer to:
- Cochlear implant, a sensory aid for the deaf
- Cochlear nuclei, the ventral cochlear nucleus and the dorsal (or lateral) cochlear nucleus
- Vestibular-cochlear or Vestibulocochlear nerve, the eighth cranial nerve
- Cochlear nerve, a division of the eighth cranial nerve
- Cochlear aqueduct, or aqueduct of cochlea, a communication between the perilymphatic space and the subarachnoid space
- Cochlear artery, a division of the internal auditory artery
- Cochlea, part of the Labyrinth (inner ear)
- Cochlear duct, also known as the scala media, the endolymph-filled part of the cochlea
- Cochlear, an alternate term for the spoon (liturgy) used in the Eastern Orthodox Church in serving the sacramental wine, sometimes with a particle of the sacramental bread
- The spoon-like tip of the scape found on the epigyne of some female spiders
- Cochlear Limited, manufacturer of Nucleus Cochlear Implant
- Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions, manufacturer of Baha bone anchored hearing aid
Usage examples of "cochlear".
This membrane extends the length of the cochlear canals, and is stretched between a projecting shelf of bone on one side and the outer wall of the cochlea on the other.
The upper part of the cochlea, which leads from the stapes and the oval window, consists of two tubes, the vestibular canal and the cochlear canal, separated by a very thin membrane.
Hak was speaking to Ponter through a pair of cochlear implants, but by changing the left-right balance of his voice he could indicate a direction as surely as if he had pointed.
Ponter could feel the cochlear implants vibrate slightly as his head pressed back against his arms.
Hak complied, playing a soft, soothing hiss through the cochlear implants, but still it seemed to Ponter to be a long time before he fell asleep.
Ponter tipped his head slightly, perhaps listening to Hak remind him through his cochlear implants of who the Jews were.
Ponter tipped his head, clearly listening to Hak speak to him through his cochlear implants.
They spent the rest of the evening talking about their families, telling jokes, listening to recorded Neanderthal music pumped simultaneously into their cochlear implants, and just generally having a wonderful time.
Mary reached up her hands, bending her fingers into claws, trying to tear out the cochlear implants.
For the first time ever, the words were not immediately translated, and Mary saw Ponter tilt his head in the way that meant he was listening to Hak over his cochlear implants.
Yet considering only 24 electrodes are substituting for thousands of cochlear hair cells, C.
The whole cochlear implants controversy makes me want to bang my head against a wall.
Patients who get cochlear implants later in life typically never learn to interpret the signals from them properly, and the result makes their lives worse, not better.
So the medical justification for doing cochlear implants early, if at all, is clear.
In turn, the navpanel, activating neurons in the cochlear division of the eighth nerve, sent its stream of data directly into his brain where it was translated as sound.