Temporal processing in the auditory system: Insights from cochlear and auditory midbrain implantees

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-124

  McKay, Colette M ^a   Lim, Hubert H ^b   Lenarz, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

auditory midbrain implant; cochlear implant; loudness; temporal integration; temporal resolution

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADAPTATION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; LOUDNESS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPIRAL GANGLION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AUDITORY BRAIN STEM IMPLANTS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2;

EID: 84872390771     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: 14387573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-012-0354-z     Document Type: Article

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