Green laser light activates the inner ear

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Wenzel, Gentiana I ^a   Balster, Sven ^a   Zhang, Kaiyin ^b   Lim, Hubert H ^a   Reich, Uta ^a   Massow, Ole ^b   Lubatschowski, Holger ^b   Ertmer, Wolfgang ^c   Lenarz, Thomas ^a   Reuter, Guenter ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

auditory brainstem response (ABR); auditory prosthesis; cochlear implant; Nd:YAG laser; optoacoustic

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY BRAINSTEM RESPONSE; AUDITORY PROSTHESIS; BASILAR MEMBRANES; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; ENERGY LEVEL; GREEN LASER LIGHT; GREEN LIGHT; GUINEA PIGS; INNER EAR; LASER LIGHTS; LOCALIZED ACTIVATIONS; ND:YAG LASER; NOISY ENVIRONMENT; NORMAL HEARING; OPTOACOUSTIC; SINGLE PULSE; VISIBLE LIGHT;

AUDITION; BRAIN; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; HEARING AIDS; NOISE ABATEMENT; OPTICAL FIBERS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

CAVIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COLOR; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; GUINEA PIG; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; COLOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; GUINEA PIGS; LASERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 72049112807     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3174389     Document Type: Article

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