Tissue resistivities determine the current flow in the cochlea

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 352-355

  Micco, Alan Gerard ^a,b   Richter, Claus Peter ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Current spread; Electroanatomy; Tissue resistivities

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ACOUSTICS; COCHLEA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE AUDIOMETRY; INNER EAR; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIRAL GANGLION; TEMPORAL BONE;

COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS;

EID: 33748806309     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moo.0000244195.04926.a0     Document Type: Review

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