The perceptual effects of current pulse duration in electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 998-1009

  McKay, Colette M ^a   McDermott, Hugh J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; NERVE STIMULATION; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; DEAFNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0032813711     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.428052     Document Type: Article

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