Effect of interphase gap and pulse duration on electrically evoked potentials is correlated with auditory nerve survival

Hearing Research

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 47-55

  Prado Guitierrez, Pavel ^a,b   Fewster, Leonie M ^a   Heasman, John M ^c   McKay, Colette M ^a   Shepherd, Robert K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CUBAN NEUROSCIENCE CENTER   (Cuba)

^c Research and Technology Labs   (Australia)

^d BIONIC EAR INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Deafness; EABR; ECAP; Electrical stimulation; Neural degeneration; Neural prostheses

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; KANAMYCIN;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COCHLEA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; GUINEA PIG; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS; INTERPHASE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NERVE; DEAFNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; GUINEA PIGS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPIRAL GANGLION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646240336     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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