https://it-news.uk/tags/neural-interface/ Recent content in Neural-Interface on IT News Hugo en-us Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/nankai-university-bionic-auditory-nerve-interface/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/nankai-university-bionic-auditory-nerve-interface/ <p>For the roughly 230 million people worldwide with sensorineural hearing loss, cochlear implants have been the best option for decades. These devices pick up sound and convert it into electrical signals that stimulate the auditory nerve. But there is a catch — they only work if the auditory nerve itself is still intact. When that nerve is damaged or missing, even the most advanced implant is useless.</p> <p>A team at Nankai University in China has been working on that problem. Led by Professor Xu Wentao from the School of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, the researchers built what they are calling the world&rsquo;s first bionic auditory nerve interface — a complete artificial neural pathway that replaces the biological auditory nerve from end to end.</p>