Partial tripolar cochlear implant stimulation: Spread of excitation and forward masking in the inferior colliculus

Hearing Research

Volumn 270, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 134-142

  Bierer, Julie Arenberg ^a   Bierer, Steven M ^a   Middlebrooks, John C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GUINEA PIGS; INFERIOR COLLICULI; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649862890     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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