1965 SIMMONS, Francis Blair (1930 – 1998)

Auditory nerve.

Describes the first "chronically" implanted or permanent cochlear implant. With John M. Epley of Stanford; Robert C. Lummis, Newman Guttman, Lawrence C. Frishkopf of Bell Telephone Laboratories; and Leon D. Harmon and…

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1966 SIMMONS, Francis Blair (1930 – 1998)

Electrical Stimulation of the Auditory Nerve in Man.

This detailed psychophysical and electrophysiological analysis of one patient proved that a cochlear implant provided sufficient information to the central nervous system for the understanding of speech.

GMN 7234 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9403

2013 MUDRY, Albert; MILLS, Mara

The early history of the cochlear implant: A retrospective.

GMN 7235 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9404