Identifying cochlear implant channels with poor electrode-neuron interface: Partial tripolar, single-channel thresholds and psychophysical tuning curves

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 247-258

  Bierer, Julie Arenberg ^a   Faulkner, Kathleen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN MAPPING; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPIRAL GANGLION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN MAPPING; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 77949405348     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181c7daf4     Document Type: Article

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