JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery
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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg · May 2013
Review Historical ArticleThe early history of the cochlear implant: a retrospective.
Histories of cochlear implant (CI) technology have often been inaccurate owing to the confusion of terms and anatomical situations or to biased reporting. This retrospective, published shortly after the death of inventor William F. House-and more than 50 years after placement of the first CI-offers a precise account of the early experimental period. ⋯ Inspired by French experiments with electrode implantation at the VIII nerve, the initial practical development of the CI is nonetheless a Californian story, divided between the House group at Los Angeles and teams at Stanford University and UCSF.