Gerhard Hoch

This paper develops a low-weight, wireless optogenetic cochlear implant system for hearing restoration in deafened rats, demonstrating its ability to enable locomotion tasks in response to acoustic stimulation.

This study uses optogenetics and electron tomography to analyze the ultrastructure of cochlear inner hair cell ribbon synapses during stimulation, showing increased docked synaptic vesicles and no evidence of homotypic fusion.