Evaluation of focused multipolar stimulation for cochlear implants in acutely deafened cats

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  George, Shefin S ^a,b   Wise, Andrew K ^a,b   Shivdasani, Mohit N ^a,b   Shepherd, Robert K ^a,b   Fallon, James B ^a,b  

^a Bionics Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cochlear implant; current focusing; electrical stimulation; inferior colliculus; multipolar stimulation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; FOCUSING; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NEURONS;

CLINICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; FOCUSING TECHNIQUE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INTRACOCHLEAR ELECTRODE ARRAYS; MULTIPOLAR STIMULATION; SPATIAL SELECTIVITY; SPIRAL GANGLION NEURONS;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS;

PLATINUM;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN GROWTH; CAT; COCHLEA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOCUSED MULTIPOLAR STIMULATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MONOPOLAR STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RECORDING; SPIRAL GANGLION; TRIPOLAR STIMULATION; TUNING CURVE; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; DEAFNESS; EVALUATION STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CATS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM;

EID: 84913593906     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/11/6/065003     Document Type: Article

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