Biophysical parameters modification could overcome essential hearing gaps

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Kern, A ^a   Heid, C ^a   Steeb, W H ^b   Stoop, N ^b,c   Stoop, R ^a,b  

^a Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; MAMMALS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; EFFECT OF AGEING; ENERGY-BASED; FREQUENCY INTERVALS; OUTER HAIR CELL; PARAMETER MODIFICATION;

AUDITION;

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CELL DISRUPTION; COCHLEA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HAIR CELL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; INFECTION; MICROSURGERY; NOISE INJURY; OTOTOXICITY; OUTER HAIR CELL; PARAMETER; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TONOTOPY; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEARING; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 50949110949     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000161     Document Type: Article

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