What would it be like to hear using cochlear implants?  Cochlear implants are more than hearing aids: these high-tech devices don't just amplify sound, they "create" the experience of sound for profoundly deaf users.  On February 19, attendees at the next Capital Consortium for Neuroscience: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (CCNELSI: www.ccnelsi.com) lecture will have the opportunity to experience a simulation of cochlear-implant sound and hear more about the experiences of users from Dr. Michael Chorost, a science writer who began using the implants after going deaf in 2001. Dr. Chorost has written extensively about cochlear implants, and the implications for progressively more integration of technologicial devices into the human body. HIs talk will be entitled "Cyborg Ear, Cyborg Mind."  The event will be held at noon on February 19 at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. Click here for more details.