Recording and analysis of electrically evoked compound action potentials (ECAPs) with MED-EL cochlear implants and different artifact reduction strategies in Matlab

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-74

  Bahmer, Andreas ^a   Peter, Otto ^b   Baumann, Uwe ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alternating sequence; Artifact reduction; ECAP; Matlab; Miller sequence; Precision triphasic pulses

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRICALLY EVOKED COMPOUND ACTION POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 77955054479     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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