Interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University Medical Center Göttingen and the University of Freiburg generate for the first time light-controlled behaviour in deaf rodents using optical cochlear implants based on light-emitting diodes. Published in Science Translational Medicine.

Optical cochlear implant in the cochlea of a rat. Source: Dr. Daniel Keppeler, Institute for Auditory Neurosciences, UMG.