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Fusing biology with the bionic ear

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These cells are like ‘keys on a piano’ and range from low to high frequency, explains Dr Robert Gay, director of pharmaceutical approaches at Cochlear, a Sydney-based manufacturer of the device. The research, which started in 2007, is based on an optogenetics method that emerged around the millennium and has been shown to work in rodents.