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    Discharge rate-level functions from dorsal cochlear nucleus single units in response to acoustic and electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve
    O'Leary, S. J. ; Clark, Graeme M. ; Tong, Y. C. ( 1995)
    Discharge rate-level (I/O) functions possessed by dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) units were examined, in response to bipolar electrical stimulation of the cochlea of the barbiturate-anesthetized cat. Spontaneously active units usually possessed nonmonotonic functions with a minimum, and spontaneously inactive units usually possessed monotonic functions or nonmonotonic functions with a maximum (NM+). In response to acoustic high-pass filtered noise, the function relating discharge rate and cut off frequency resembled the same unit's I/O function to electrical stimulation. The I/O functions to acoustic characteristic tones were usually monotonic or NM+. These results suggest that in the DCN, a prerequisite for the generation of acoustic-like responses with an electrical stimulus may be the matching of the cochlear place and spatial extent activated by each stimulus.
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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.