If the auditory nerve of a deaf person was not functioning, could they still get the cochlear implant?

You need a working auditory nerve for a cochlear implant. Typically, these are people who have used a hearing aid, but need something better because their hearing is so poor. (Or for young children, if a hearing aid is not expected to help much.) A brainstem implant may work for some people without an auditory nerve.

Typically, these are for people who had tumors on their auditory nerves removed, but recently some people with other problems have done quite well with brainstem implants.

I'm getting my phd in auditory neuroscience.

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