(1) Sounds are picked up by a microphone and turned into
an electrical signal.
(2) This signal goes to the speech processor
where it is "coded" (turned into a special pattern of
electrical pulses).
(3) These pulses are sent to the coil and are
then transmitted across the intact skin (by radio waves) to the
implant.
(4) The implant sends a pattern of electrical
pulses to the electrodes in the cochlea.
(5) The auditory nerve picks up these tiny
electrical pulses and sends them to the brain.
(6) The brain recognizes these signals as sound.
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