Behavioral and neurophysiological thresholds for electrical cochlear stimulation in the deaf cat

Audiology and Neuro-Otology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-38

  Beitel, Ralph E ^a   Vollmer, Maike ^a   Snyder, Russell L ^a   Schreiner, Christoph E ^a   Leake, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical cochlear stimulation; Inferior colliculus; Neurophysiological threshold; Primary auditory cortex deafness; Psychophysical threshold; Sinusoidal amplitude modulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAT; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0033967895     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000013863     Document Type: Article

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