What is the difference between a hearing aid and a cochlear implant

Hearing aids and cochlear implants are completely different. Hearing aids, in fact, is a sound amplifier, it is through the sound amplification, so that the patient can hear the original can not hear or hear the sound is not clear, is a kind of electronic device. It is an electronic device that can be in-the-ear or behind-the-ear, or in-the-ear. Currently there are also eye type.

And cochlear implants are a device that is implanted inside the cochlea to replace the damaged cochlea for people who do not have hearing at all, and converts raw sound stimulation into electrical energy through electrical transmission waves. Hearing aids are non-invasive, while cochlear implants have to be implanted through surgery and carry certain risks.

Both types of cochlear implants are hearing aids, and the differences between them are: 1. the different symptoms; 2. the general severity and extreme severity of the cochlear implantation; 3. the severity of the hearing aid can be considered. Second, cochlear implants require surgical implantation, but hearing aids do not. 3. Before cochlear implantation, it is generally recommended to wear hearing aids for the first half of the year. Fourth, the sound signal from a cochlear implant sounds different from the sound signal from a hearing aid.