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cochlear implant

prosthesis used for severe and profound hearing loss
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cochlear implant

Summary

cochlear implant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (669 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cochlear implant is credited with the discovery of William F. House[2].
  • cochlea is named after cochlear implant[3].
  • cochlear implant is a type of prosthesis[4].
  • cochlear implant is a type of hearing device[5].
  • cochlear implant is a type of implant[6].
  • cochlear implant's Commons category is recorded as Cochlear implants[7].
  • cochlear implant's studied by is recorded as audiology[8].
  • cochlear implant's studied by is recorded as otolaryngology[9].
  • cochlear implant's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Hearing Health[10].
  • cochlear implant's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/cochlear_implants[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include prosthesis[4], hearing device[5], and implant[6].

Origins

cochlea is named after cochlear implant[3].

Why It Matters

cochlear implant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (669 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Lou Ferrigno otolaryngology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . medicalrecords.com. medicalrecords.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → audiology, otolaryngology
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Hearing Health
    Named after → cochlea
    Subclass of → prosthesis, hearing device, implant
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20704, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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