Nov 27, 2018
Electrically-induced smells pave way for “cochlear implant for the nose”
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Cochlear implants allow deaf people to hear by electrically stimulating their auditory nerves, and have been doing so for years. While that’s all very well and good, what about people who have lost their sense of smell? Well, new research suggests that we may be getting closer to an electrical implant for them, too.