Brain waves measured using ear implants for the first time
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Researchers expect this finding to help manufacturers further develop smart hearing aids
(Subscribe to Science For All, our weekly newsletter, where we aim to take the jargon out of science and put the fun in. .) For the first time, researchers at the University of Leuven, Belgium have succeeded in measuring brain waves directly through ear implants. These brain waves indicate how good or bad a person’s hearing is. "In our research, we have succeeded in using these implanted electrodes to record the brain waves that arise in response to sound. That is a first," said Ben Somers, postdoctoral researcher from the experimental Oto-rhino-laryngology unit in a release. He is the first author of the in Scientific Reports.More Related News