Acute effects of electrical intracochlear multichannel high-rate stimulation of the auditory nerve of cats.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the short-term effects of electrical stimulation of the cochlea in cats.


METHODS
Deafened cats were implanted with human cochlear electrodes, electrical stimulation at clinical levels was given, and evoked auditory brain stem responses (EABR) were recorded.


CONCLUSIONS
No long-term reduction in the excitability of the auditory nerve or in brain stem responses was seen.
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Department of Experimental Otology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany.
Reuter
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Lenarz
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D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003638:Deafness / Q000601:surgery*; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve