Development of a steerable cochlear implant electrode array

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 15, Issue , 2007, Pages 607-610

  Chen, Bernard K ^a   Kha, H N ^a   Clark, G M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BIONIC EAR INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basilar membrane; Cochlear implant; Electrode array; Neurotrophins. Critical hook region; Residual hearing

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; HOOKS; SHAPE-MEMORY ALLOY;

3D FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; BASILAR MEMBRANES; BENDING BEHAVIOUR; COCHLEAR IMPLANT ELECTRODES; ELECTRODE ARRAYS; NEUROTROPHINS; NITINOL SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY; RESIDUAL HEARING;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 84928892687     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: 14339277     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68017-8_152     Document Type: Conference Paper

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