The measurements, translated to electrical impulses, would be delivered to the three vestibular nerves that emanate from the three semicircular canals, much like audio signals are delivered to the auditory nerve in cochlear implants.

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Because each semicircular canal has its own nerve, a vestibular implant may actually be easier to perfect than a cochlear implant, which has to deliver many different sound frequencies to a single, bundled auditory nerve.

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Cochlear implants can deliver sound collected from an external microphone directly to the auditory nerve and into the brain.

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