Spatial resolution of cochlear implants: The electrical field and excitation of auditory afferents

Hearing Research

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 11-28

  Kral, Andrej ^a,b   Hartmann, Rainer ^a   Mortazavi, Dariusch ^a   Klinke, Rainer ^a  

^a Physiologisches Institut III   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Auditory single fiber; Cochlear implant; Electrical stimulation; Lateral inhibition; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

ANIMALS; CATS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COCHLEAR MICROPHONIC POTENTIALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0031851977     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00061-6     Document Type: Article

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