Electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve: II. Effect of stimulus waveshape on single fibre response properties

Hearing Research

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 171-188

  Shepherd, Robert K ^a   Javel, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory nerve fiber; Cochlear histopathology; Cochlear implant; Deafness; Electrical stimulation; Neural prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; CATS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE FIBERS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0032939901     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(99)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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