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Author: Clark, Graeme × Author: Shepherd, Robert × End date: 1999 × Type: Journal Article × Subject: auditory nerve × Subject: otology ×

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    Temporal coding of frequency: neuron firing probabilities for acoustic and electric stimulation of the auditory nerve
    Clark, Graeme M. ; Carter, T. D. ; Maffi, C. L. ; Shepherd, R. K. ( 1995)
    A better understanding of the temporal coding of frequency, and its application to electrical stimulation of auditory nerve fibers, should lead to advances in cochlear implant speech processing. Past research studies have suggested that the intervals between nerve action potentials are important in the temporal coding of frequency. For sound frequencies up to approximately 500 Hz, the shortest or predominant intervals between the nerve action potentials are usually the same as the periods of the sound waves. The intervals between each nerve action potential can be plotted as an interval histogram. Although there is evidence that the intervals between spikes are important in the temporal coding of frequency, it is not known up to what frequency this applies. It is also not known whether the information transmitted along individual fibers or an ensemble of fibers is important, to what extent the coding of frequency is interrelated with the coding of intensity, the relative importance of temporal and place coding for different frequencies, and finally, how well electrical stimulation can simulate the temporal coding of sound.
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    Effect of high electrical stimulus intensities on the auditory nerve using brain stem response and audiometry
    Shepherd, R. K. ; Clark, Graeme M. ( 1987)
    The response of the auditory nerve to acute intracochlear electrical stimulation using charge-balanced biphasic current pulses was monitored using electrically evoked auditory brain stem responses (EABRs). Stimulation at moderate charge densities (64 µC cm-2 geom/ phase; 0.8 mA, 200 µs/phase) for periods of up to 12 hours produced only minimal short-term changes in the EABR. Stimulation at a high charge density (144 µC cm-2 geom/phase; 1.8 mA, 200 µs/phase) resulted in permanent reductions in the EABR for high stimulus rates (> 200 pulses per second [pps]) or long stimulus durations (12 hours). At lower stimulus rates and durations, recovery to prestimulus levels was slow but complete. The mechanisms underlying these temporary and permanent reductions in the EABR are probably caused by neural adaptation and more long-term metabolic effects. These findings have implications for the design of speech-processing strategies using high stimulus rates.