Beschreibung:
Cochlear implants (CIs) constitute the interface between the sound-deprived brain of patients suffering from sensorineural hearing loss and the auditory scene surrounding them. By electrically stimulating the auditory nerve (AN), CIs mimic coding principles of the cochlea and provide the user with auditory information, enabling speech comprehension in half a million implantees. Unfortunately, current is hard to steer in the cochlear fluids, limiting the spatial selectivity and thus the spectral resolution of electrical hearing restoration. As light can be conveniently confined in space, opt...