Across-species comparisons of psychophysical detection thresholds for electrical stimulation of the cochlea: I. Sinusoidal stimuli

Hearing Research

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 89-104

  Miller, Amy L ^a   Smith, David W ^b   Pfingst, Bryan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal; Auditory prosthesis; Cochlear implant; Human; Psychophysics; Sinusoid; Species; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CAT; COCHLEA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CATS; COCHLEA; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MACACA; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0032838750     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(99)00072-6     Document Type: Article

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