title: Electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve and auditory prostheses: a review of the literature.
abstract: The literature dealing with implanted auditory prostheses is reviewed in terms of experimental studies in men and animals.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003051:Cochlea / Q000601:surgery*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006310:Hearing Aids / Q000592:standards*; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000601:surgery*; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000592:standards*; D012106:Research; D014481:United States; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*