Reduction in excitability of the auditory nerve following electrical stimulation at high stimulus rates. II. Comparison of fixed amplitude with amplitude modulated stimuli

Hearing Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 147-157

  Tykocinski, Michael ^a   Shepherd, Robert K ^a   Clark, Graeme M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory nerve; Cochlear implant; Electrically evoked auditory brainstem response; High rate electrical stimulation; Neural damage

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; GUINEA PIG; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; GUINEA PIGS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0030770821     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(97)00117-2     Document Type: Article

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