An experimental vestibular neural prosthesis: Design and preliminary results with rhesus monkeys stimulated with modulated pulses

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1685-1692

  Nie, Kaibao ^a   Ling, Leo ^a   Bierer, Steven M ^a   Kaneko, Chris R S ^a   Fuchs, Albert F ^a   Oxford, Trey ^a   Rubinstein, Jay T ^a   Phillips, James O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; eye movements; modulation; vestibular neural prostheses

Indexed keywords

DIRECTION CONSISTENT; ELECTRICAL PULSE; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MODULATION PATTERNS; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; POST-IMPLANTATION; PULSE-AMPLITUDE MODULATED; VESTIBULAR NERVES;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MODULATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

PULSE GENERATORS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; MENIERE DISEASE; NEUROPROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; PULSE RATE; RHESUS MONKEY; VELOCITY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NEURAL PROSTHESIS;

ANIMALS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EYE MOVEMENTS; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MACACA MULATTA; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84877901966     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2013.2241433     Document Type: Article

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