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A cochlear transplant program was launched in St. Petersburg.
"Cochlea" means "related to the cochlea," the part of the human inner ear where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses that travel to the brain. If there is damage in this area, hereditary or acquired, then no ordinary hearing aid can help the patient. This is where the technology developed at St. Petersburg University of Pediatrics comes to the rescue: a special device is implanted directly in the ear of the person in need of help. More precisely, not into the ear, but into a tiny ear: all the patients are under the age of three.