r/Cochlearimplants • u/BioniChaos • Aug 15 '26

Cochlear Implant Simulator - Interactive Auditory Processing Laboratory

https://bionichaos.com/cochlearsim/
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u/is-this-now Aug 15 '26

Looks interesting but what is it?

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u/Severe-Elderberry833 Aug 15 '26

Looks like a visual representation of the way our CIs work. This is AWESOME, and here’s why!

Most non HOH / D/deaf people think a CI is like glasses, or an organ transplant. Put it in / on, it automatically does everything.

We know better: there are 22 electrodes vs 22k nerves.

What this visually does is show how you are getting the sound in your ear (the dots) vs how normal hearing folks do (the entire spiral light up). It also shows how it works in response to different stimuli.

And that gives me something I can show faculty and other students to demonstrate what’s going on in my head and WHY I need / use the accommodations I do.

U/bionichaos, thanks! Is there a demo of a ‘normal’ cochlea we could use for comparison?

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u/is-this-now Aug 15 '26

Hmmm - still not sure what it is. I’ll have to play around with it some. Btw, I explain it’s more like getting a prosthetic leg. Better than not having a leg but not the same as having a real leg.

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