The Bionic Ear Show presenter Tobin May

The lipreading course I attend each week helps its students understand more about hearing in general, as well as teaching vital skills in dealing with its loss. This week, we had a presentation called The Bionic Ear show which gave an excellent insight into the workings of the ear and also the research currently underway to help correct the things that can go wrong. Aside from the engaging physical demonstrations of how the human ear receives and processes sound, the electron microscope footage in an accompanying video showed how incredibly complex the inner ear structure is and also examples of what a healthy, fully functioning hearing system looks like versus one that has been damaged. Continue reading →