Examining the auditory nerve fiber response to high rate cochlear implant stimulation: Chronic sensorineural hearing loss and facilitation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3124-3135

  Heffer, Leon F ^a   Sly, David J ^a   Fallon, James B ^a,b   White, Mark W ^c   Shepherd, Robert K ^a,b   O'Leary, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BIONIC EAR INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FACILITATION; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL GANGLION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CELL SURVIVAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; GUINEA PIGS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 78650923649     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00500.2010     Document Type: Article

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