Given the media exposure (and popular YouTube videos ) of patients getting their "bionic ear" turned on with subsequent tears of joy... there is an often mistaken belief that such bionic ears, otherwise known as cochlear implants , provide superior hearing compared to an ordinary hearing aid . A cochlear implant is actually implanted through the skull and directly into the cochlea rather than placed on the outside of the ear (watch video ). Well, this blog article will try to pro…