A stochastic model of the electrically stimulated auditory nerve: Pulse-train response

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 630-637

  Bruce, Lan C ^a   Irlicht, Laurence S ^a   White, Mark W ^a   O'Leary, Stephen J ^a   Dynes, Scott ^a   Javel, Eric ^a   Clark, Graeme M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory nerve; Cochlear implant; Functional electrical stimulation; Population response; Pulse train response; Refractory effect; Renewal process; Sensory prosthesis; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

AUDITORY NERVES; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; PULSE-TRAIN RESPONSE; SENSORY PROSTHESIS;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0032984233     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.764939     Document Type: Article

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