Cochlear implant and electrical telegraph: what they have in common
- Step 1. Cochlear implant — has part — Microphone. A microphone.
- Step 2. Microphone — is part of — Telephone. The handset microphone turns the voice into an electrical signal.
- Step 3. Telephone — evolved from — Electrical telegraph. The telephone grew out of attempts to send several signals over telegraph lines (the “harmonic telegraph”).