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| name = Cochlear implant
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| image = Health item prosthetic.png
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| type = Medical Items
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| type2 = Body Parts
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| tech level = Industrial
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| description = An implant which replaces normal hearing. An external microphone transmits a sound signal to electrodes wrapped around the inner ear's auditory sensing nerves. The electrodes stimulate the nerves according to the sound, creating a sensation of hearing. It's not as good as a natural ear, but it's a lot better than being deaf.
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| research = Prosthetics
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| skill 1 level = 5
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| work to make = 15000
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| resource 1 = Steel
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| resource 1 amount = 20
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| resource 2 = Component
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| resource 2 amount = 4
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| mass = 1
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| marketvalue = 220
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| max hit points base = 50
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| flammability = 0.7
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'''Cochlear implants''' are an [[artificial body part]] that replaces a pawn's ear. replacement with 65% efficiency.
  
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An ear replacement with 65% efficiency.
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== Acquisition ==
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They can also be purchased from traders or occasionally found installed on [[raiders]]
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== Summary ==
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Cochlear implants replace the user's [[Table of Human Body Parts|organic ear]]. They are universal and can be installed on either the left or right side. The cochlear implant has a part efficiency of 65%, which impacts [[Hearing]]. Cochlear implants also remove the "''Disfigured''" [[social|opinion penalty]] held by other pawns from having a missing ear.
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The more capable ear is responsible for 75% of Hearing. If the implant is the most capable part, it results in restoring 48.75% [[hearing]], or a loss of 26.25% when replacing a healthy ear. If it is not, it restores 16.25%, or a loss of 8.75% when replacing a healthy ear. Hearing, in turn, affects the following [[stats]]: {{#ask: [[Hearing Importance::+]]}}. For full details, see those pages.
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For a pawn at 100% quality, the first prosthetic ear results in a 4% reduction in character quality, and a second further reduces it by 14% for a total reduction of 18%. Each implant increases the pawn's wealth by a flat $220 per prosthetic in addition to the character quality reduction.
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As an artificial part, cochlear implants will give a mood buff to anyone with the [[Body modder]] trait, and a mood penalty to anyone with the [[Body purist]] trait.
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=== Installation ===
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Installing the part requires {{ticks|2500}} of work, 2x medicine of [[Herbal medicine|herbal]] quality or better, and a [[Skills#Medical|Medical skill]] of 4.
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Removing the part requires {{ticks|2000}} of work, 1x medicine of [[Herbal medicine|herbal]] quality or better, and has no [[Skills#Medical|Medical skill]] requirements.
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If the operation fails, the part will be destroyed.
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== Analysis ==
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The [[hearing]] capacity only affects two different work types:
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# [[Work#Incapable_of_work_types|Social]] - Wardening and Trade; and
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# [[Work#Incapable_of_work_types|Animals]] - Taming and Training
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Hearing also affects social ineraction between pawns, so an implant will ''slightly'' increase their chances to share a [[double bed]]. Pawns that don't perform either of these work types can largely ignore Hearing entirely. For the pawns that do perform those tasks, using a cochlear implant to replace a damaged, ill, missing ear is obviously recommended if a [[bionic ear]] cannot be obtained. Furthermore, no Hearing dependent stat is affected by Hearing above 100%.{{#if:{{#ask: [[Hearing Limit::>1.0001]]}}|{{Check Tag|Update Needed|Something is higher than 1}}}} As such, when replacing both ears, a single bionic ear and a single cochlear implant totally remedies all hearing based issues, at a lower cost than two bionic ears.
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There is also a niche use for [[Body modder]] pawns - as the penalties only affects two work types, the majority of pawns will have no significant penalty from having the implant installed, even if they were healthy to begin with. Thus installing two cochlear implants can be an easy, cheap, and effective way to get way to give a permanent +7 [[mood]] buff to body modders / transhumanists even in the early game, so long as they are never expected to do anything social or train animals.
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{{Hearing Part Efficiency Table}}
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[[Category:Medical Item]] [[Category:Body Part]] [[Category:Artificial Body Part]]

Latest revision as of 21:40, 25 September 2024

Cochlear implant

Cochlear implant

An implant which replaces normal hearing. An external microphone transmits a sound signal to electrodes wrapped around the inner ear's auditory sensing nerves. The electrodes stimulate the nerves according to the sound, creating a sensation of hearing. It's not as good as a natural ear, but it's a lot better than being deaf.

Base Stats

Type
Medical Items – Body Parts
Tech Level
Industrial
Market Value
220 Silver
Flammability
70%
Body Part
Ear

Creation

Crafted At
Machining table
Required Research
Prosthetics
Skill Required
Crafting 5
Work To Make
15,000 ticks (4.17 mins)
Resources to make
Steel 20 + Component 4
Technical
techHediffsTags
Simple
tradeTags
TechHediff


Cochlear implants are an artificial body part that replaces a pawn's ear. replacement with 65% efficiency.

Acquisition[edit]

Cochlear implants can be crafted at a machining table once the prosthetics research project has been completed. Each requires Steel 20 Steel, Component 4 Components, 15,000 ticks (4.17 mins) of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter, and a crafting skill of 5.

They can also be purchased from traders or occasionally found installed on raiders

Summary[edit]

Cochlear implants replace the user's organic ear. They are universal and can be installed on either the left or right side. The cochlear implant has a part efficiency of 65%, which impacts Hearing. Cochlear implants also remove the "Disfigured" opinion penalty held by other pawns from having a missing ear.

The more capable ear is responsible for 75% of Hearing. If the implant is the most capable part, it results in restoring 48.75% hearing, or a loss of 26.25% when replacing a healthy ear. If it is not, it restores 16.25%, or a loss of 8.75% when replacing a healthy ear. Hearing, in turn, affects the following stats: Conversion Power, Negotiation Ability, Social Impact, Tame Animal Chance, Trade Price Improvement, Train Animal Chance. For full details, see those pages.

For a pawn at 100% quality, the first prosthetic ear results in a 4% reduction in character quality, and a second further reduces it by 14% for a total reduction of 18%. Each implant increases the pawn's wealth by a flat $220 per prosthetic in addition to the character quality reduction.

As an artificial part, cochlear implants will give a mood buff to anyone with the Body modder trait, and a mood penalty to anyone with the Body purist trait.

Installation[edit]

Installing the part requires 2,500 ticks (41.67 secs) of work, 2x medicine of herbal quality or better, and a Medical skill of 4.

Removing the part requires 2,000 ticks (33.33 secs) of work, 1x medicine of herbal quality or better, and has no Medical skill requirements.

If the operation fails, the part will be destroyed.

Analysis[edit]

The hearing capacity only affects two different work types:

  1. Social - Wardening and Trade; and
  2. Animals - Taming and Training

Hearing also affects social ineraction between pawns, so an implant will slightly increase their chances to share a double bed. Pawns that don't perform either of these work types can largely ignore Hearing entirely. For the pawns that do perform those tasks, using a cochlear implant to replace a damaged, ill, missing ear is obviously recommended if a bionic ear cannot be obtained. Furthermore, no Hearing dependent stat is affected by Hearing above 100%. As such, when replacing both ears, a single bionic ear and a single cochlear implant totally remedies all hearing based issues, at a lower cost than two bionic ears.

There is also a niche use for Body modder pawns - as the penalties only affects two work types, the majority of pawns will have no significant penalty from having the implant installed, even if they were healthy to begin with. Thus installing two cochlear implants can be an easy, cheap, and effective way to get way to give a permanent +7 mood buff to body modders / transhumanists even in the early game, so long as they are never expected to do anything social or train animals.

Hearing Right ear
Deaf Hearing loss Cochlear implant Organic ear Bionic ear
Left ear Deaf 000% 037.5% 049% 075% 094%
Hearing loss 037.5% 050% 061.25% 087.5% 106.25%
Cochlear implant 049% 061.25% 065% 091% 110%
Organic ear 075% 087.5% 091% 100% 119%
Bionic ear 094% 106.25% 110% 119% 125%
Artificial body parts
Arm/Hand
Archotech arm • Bionic arm • Power claw • Prosthetic arm • Wooden hand • Drill arm Content added by the Royalty DLC • Elbow blade Content added by the Royalty DLC • Field hand Content added by the Royalty DLC • Hand talon Content added by the Royalty DLC • Venom talon Content added by the Royalty DLC • Flesh tentacleContent added by the Anomaly DLC • Flesh whipContent added by the Anomaly DLC
Head
Archotech eye • Bionic eye • Bionic ear • Bionic jaw • Bionic tongue • Cochlear implant • Denture • Aesthetic nose Content added by the Royalty DLC
Head implants
Joywire • Painstopper • Circadian assistant Content added by the Royalty DLC • Circadian half-cycler Content added by the Royalty DLC • Gastro-analyzer Content added by the Royalty DLC • Learning assistant Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mindscrew Content added by the Royalty DLC • Neurocalculator Content added by the Royalty DLC • Psychic harmonizer Content added by the Royalty DLC • Psychic reader Content added by the Royalty DLC • Psychic sensitizer Content added by the Royalty DLC • Venom fangs Content added by the Royalty DLC • Control sublink (Standard, High) Content added by the Biotech DLC • Mechlink Content added by the Biotech DLC • Mech gestation processor Content added by the Biotech DLC • Remote repairer Content added by the Biotech DLC • Remote shielder Content added by the Biotech DLC • Repair probe Content added by the Biotech DLC
Spine
Bionic spine • Revenant vertebraeContent added by the Anomaly DLC
Stomach
Bionic stomach • Nuclear stomach Content added by the Royalty DLC • Reprocessor stomach Content added by the Royalty DLC • Sterilizing stomach Content added by the Royalty DLC • Fleshmass stomach Content added by the Anomaly DLC
Heart
Bionic heart • Prosthetic heart • Heart • Adrenal heartContent added by the Anomaly DLC • Corrosive heartContent added by the Anomaly DLC • Metalblood heartContent added by the Anomaly DLC
Lung
Lung • Detoxifier lung Content added by the Biotech DLC • Fleshmass lung Content added by the Anomaly DLC
Kidney
Kidney • Detoxifier kidney Content added by the Biotech DLC
Organs
Liver
Visceral implants
Death acidifier • Aesthetic shaper Content added by the Royalty DLC • Coagulator Content added by the Royalty DLC • Healing enhancer Content added by the Royalty DLC • Armorskin gland Content added by the Royalty DLC • Stoneskin gland Content added by the Royalty DLC • Toughskin gland Content added by the Royalty DLC • Immunoenhancer Content added by the Royalty DLC • Love enhancer Content added by the Royalty DLC • Ghoul platingContent added by the Anomaly DLC • Ghoul barbsContent added by the Anomaly DLC
Leg/Foot
Archotech leg • Bionic leg • Prosthetic leg • Peg leg • Wooden foot • Knee spike Content added by the Royalty DLC
Related
Psylink neuroformer Content added by the Royalty DLC • Xenogerm Content added by the Biotech DLC
Deprecated
Scyther blade • Psychic silencer Content added by the Royalty DLC

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