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Count Volta was born in 1745 at Como, Italy. He was educated in public schools and in 1774, he became professor of Physics at the Royal School in Como. He is accredited with creating the first electric battery, called then a voltaic stack, and with the invention of the electric condenser, a machine that could generate static electricity. He also discovered the decomposition of water, which was the beginning of electrochemistry.
In 1800, Volta discovered the battery by studying earlier experiments. He believed that metals that are different could create electricity when in contact with each other. In his experiment, he stacked copper, zinc and cardboard, which was soaked in salt water. When both ends of the stack were touched, electricity flowed. This was the first battery.
There is not a lot of information on Count Alessandro Volta’s life, but there are records of Napoleon giving him the title of Count in gratitude for his inventions that have revolutionized the world of today.
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 Alex Ma from United States contributed:
He contribited the first battery.
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Marilyn from Canada contributed:
The electrical current term VOLT for voltage is derived from the name of Alessandro Volta
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Jack King from United States contributed:
Volta did an experiment where he placed two electrodes (connected to a battery he developed) into both of his ear canals. He heard a loud bang, followed by an auditory sensation he reported to be like the boiling of thick soup.
This discovery would lead many researchers to investigate the use of electric current to stimulate the auditory system in hopes of providing a means of hearing for the deaf. Modern day technology, coupled with the research findings that resulted from spin-off studies following Volta's report of electrical auditory stimulation is arguably responsible for the development of the cochlear implant.
A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted prosthetic device that electrically stimulates the hearing part of the inner ear (cochlea) and produces auditory sensation sufficient enough to enable many users who were previously deaf to understand speech without lipreading. Today, there are in excess of 40,000 cochlear implant users worldwide.
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