DocumentCode
2234867
Title
Cochlear implant threshold changes at high electric stimulus pulse rates
Author
Lithgow, Brian
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Caulfield, Vic., Australia
fYear
1998
fDate
15-18 Feb 1998
Firstpage
117
Lastpage
118
Abstract
Inferior colliculus (IC) units have a significantly lower stimulus threshold when driven with a cochlear implant using bipolar stimuli at high (2 k pulses/s) compared to low (125 pulse/s) pulse rates. At high pulse rates temporal summation is used to explain this threshold shift
Keywords
bioelectric phenomena; ear; hearing aids; neurophysiology; prosthetics; bipolar stimuli; cats; cochlear implant threshold changes; high electric stimulus pulse rates; implantable hearing aid; stimulus threshold; temporal summation; threshold shift; Animals; Australia; Cochlear implants; Deafness; Electrodes; Ethics Committee; Frequency; Phased arrays; Pulse measurements; Transfer functions;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Bioelectromagnetism, 1998. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location
Melbourne, Vic.
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3867-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICBEM.1998.666423
Filename
666423
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