Abstract

The objectives of this contract are to understand the effects of remaining hair cells on the activation of auditory nerve fibers by cochlear electrodes and to control these effects for optimum cochlear implant function.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Type
Research and Development Contracts (N01)
Project #
N01DC092106-001
Application #
6337923
Study Section
Project Start
1999-07-01
Project End
2002-06-30
Budget Start
2000-06-23
Budget End
2001-06-30
Support Year
Fiscal Year
2000
Total Cost
$298,011
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Iowa
Department
Other Health Professions
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
041294109
City
Iowa City
State
IA
Country
United States
Zip Code
52242

  Publications

Mino, Hiroyuki; Rubinstein, Jay T (2006) Effects of neural refractoriness on spatio-temporal variability in spike initiations with Electrical stimulation. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 14:273-80
Mino, Hiroyuki; Rubinstein, Jay T; Miller, Charles A et al. (2004) Effects of electrode-to-fiber distance on temporal neural response with electrical stimulation. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 51:13-20
Hu, Ning; Abbas, Paul J; Miller, Charles A et al. (2003) Auditory response to intracochlear electric stimuli following furosemide treatment. Hear Res 185:77-89
Mino, Hiroyuki; Rubinstein, Jay T; White, John A (2002) Comparison of algorithms for the simulation of action potentials with stochastic sodium channels. Ann Biomed Eng 30:578-87