Cortical representation of interaural time difference in congenital deafness

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 492-506

  Tillein, J ^a,b   Hubka, P ^c,d   Syed, E ^a   Hartmann, R ^e   Engel, A K ^a   Kral, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b MED EL GmbH   (Austria)

^c Medical University   (Germany)

^d Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory deprivation; Binaural; Cochlear implant; Development; Spatial hearing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BINAURAL HEARING; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CUES; DEAFNESS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOUND LOCALIZATION; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 74249123834     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp222     Document Type: Article

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