Artifical hearing for the deaf by cochlear stimulation: pitch modulation and some parametric thresholds.
The periodicity and place-pitch modulation data, along with the data on loudness, offers promise of the development of a multielectrode, multichannel cochlear auditory prosthesis. Also, the currents required for cochlear stimulation are of the magnitude which can pass across the electrode-perilymph interface, by double-layer charging, without production of toxic by-products of electrolysis(6), supporting the feasibility of long-term chronic stimulation.
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000368:Aged; D001187:Artificial Organs; D003051:Cochlea / Q000502:physiology; D003638:Deafness / Q000628:therapy*; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010507:Periodicity; D013016:Sound