Electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve: Direct current measurement in vivo

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 461-470

  Huang, Christie Q ^a   Shepherd, Robert K ^a,b   Carter, Paul M ^a,b   Seligman, Peter M ^a,b   Tabor, Bruce ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Research and Technology Labs   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Direct current (DC); Electrical stimulation; Neural prostheses

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PROSTHETICS;

AUDITORY NERVE; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; NEURAL PROSTHESES;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

PLATINUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; DEVICE; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUINEA PIG; IN VIVO STUDY; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; ION CURRENT; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PH; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; GUINEA PIGS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0032954843     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.752943     Document Type: Article

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