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    Physiological and histopathological effects of chronic intracochlear electrical stimulation
    Shepherd, R. K. ; Clark, Graeme M. ; Black, R. C. (Monash University Press, 1983)
    Direct and r.f. currents are known to result in destruction of neural tissue. However, it is now apparent that non-destructive electrical stimulation can be achieved by the use of biphasic pulsatile stimuli (Lilly, 1960; Mortimer et al., 1970; Hughes et al., 1980). Although maximum biologically safe stimulation regimes have yet to be clearly defined, the evidence of a number of investigators suggests that charge density per phase and charge injection per phase are important parameters when establishing biologically safe levels of electrical stimulation (Pudenz et al., 1975; Pudenz et al., 1977; Brown et al., 1977; Babb et al., 1977). Furthermore, considerable attention has been given to ensure that the stimulus is not producing adverse electrochemical reactions that could result in physical or toxic injury to the biological environment. Brummer et al. (1977) have defined the upper limit of electrochemically safe electrical stimulation for platinum electrodes as charge balanced biphasic pulses at a maximum charge density of 300 ?C/cm2 geom./phase.
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    The influence of electrode geometry on the electrically evoked auditory brain stem response
    Shepherd, R. K. ; Hatsushika, S. ; Clark, Graeme M. ( 1988)
    The electrically-evoked auditory brainstem response (EABR) consists of a series of far-field potentials that reflect synchronous neural activity within the auditory brainstem in response to a transient electrical stimulus. The EABR appears relatively simply organized in terms of its amplitude and latency behaviour. The growth in amplitude of wave IV of the EABR, for example, reflects changes in the amplitude of the electrically-evoked VIII nerve compound action potential as a function of stimulus intensity. In addition, single unit population studies have shown a monotonic relationship between the growth in EABR amplitude and the number of nerve fibres being stimulated (Merzenich and White, 1977). The EABR can therefore, provide an insight into the response of the auditory nerve to electrical stimulation. We have used this technique to investigate the efficacy of electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve using a variety of stimulating electrode geometries.