A stochastic model of the electrically stimulated auditory nerve: Single-pulse response

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 617-629

  Bruce, Lan C ^a   White, Mark W ^a   Irlicht, Laurence S ^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; Sensory prosthesis; Single pulse response; Stochastic threshold model

Indexed keywords

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

AUDITORY NERVES; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; SENSORY PROSTHESIS; SINGLE PULSE RESPONSE;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

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

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0033048912     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.764938     Document Type: Article

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