Optical stimulation of the cochlea with laser light has been suggested as an alternative to conventional treatment of sensorineural hearing loss with cochlear implants. The underlying mechanisms are controversially discussed: The stimulation can either be based on a direct excitation of neurons, or it is a result of an optoacoustic pressure wave acting on the basilar membrane. Animal studies comparing the intra-cochlear optical stimulation of hearing and deafened Guinea pigs have indicated that the stimulation requires intact hair cells. Therefore, optoacoustic stimulation seems to be the underlying mechanism. The present study investigates optoacoustic characteristics using pulsed laser stimulation for in vivo experiments on hearing Guinea...
It was first suggested by Gold in 1948 [1] that the exquisite sensitivity and frequency selectivity ...
Abstract—Pulsed lasers can evoke neural activity from motor as well as sensory neurons in vivo. Lase...
SummarySound is detected and converted into electrical signals within the ear. The cochlea not only ...
Intracochlear optical stimulation has been suggested as an alternative approach to hearing prostheti...
The discovery that a pulsed laser could trigger an auditory neural response inspired ongoing researc...
Infrared neuron stimulation is regarded as an innovative approach for stimulating cochleae in animal...
Significance: Optoacoustic stimulation offers an alternative stimulation strategy for the hearing or...
AbstractWe have pioneered what we believe is a novel method of stimulating cochlear neurons, using p...
Cochlear implants (CIs) restore activity in the deafened auditory system via electrical stimulation ...
This paper summarizes the results of an EU project called ACTION: ACTive Implant for Optoacoustic Na...
The sharply tuned sense of hearing in humans is believed to be due to active amplification in the co...
Auditory prostheses can partially restore speech comprehension when hearing fails. Sound coding with...
Erbium-YSGG laser systems are promising tools in ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgery. The high absorp...
The cochlear implant is a successful bionic device, restoring hearing to hundreds of thousands of pa...
It was first suggested by Gold in 1948 [1] that the exquisite sensitivity and frequency selectivity ...
It was first suggested by Gold in 1948 [1] that the exquisite sensitivity and frequency selectivity ...
Abstract—Pulsed lasers can evoke neural activity from motor as well as sensory neurons in vivo. Lase...
SummarySound is detected and converted into electrical signals within the ear. The cochlea not only ...
Intracochlear optical stimulation has been suggested as an alternative approach to hearing prostheti...
The discovery that a pulsed laser could trigger an auditory neural response inspired ongoing researc...
Infrared neuron stimulation is regarded as an innovative approach for stimulating cochleae in animal...
Significance: Optoacoustic stimulation offers an alternative stimulation strategy for the hearing or...
AbstractWe have pioneered what we believe is a novel method of stimulating cochlear neurons, using p...
Cochlear implants (CIs) restore activity in the deafened auditory system via electrical stimulation ...
This paper summarizes the results of an EU project called ACTION: ACTive Implant for Optoacoustic Na...
The sharply tuned sense of hearing in humans is believed to be due to active amplification in the co...
Auditory prostheses can partially restore speech comprehension when hearing fails. Sound coding with...
Erbium-YSGG laser systems are promising tools in ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgery. The high absorp...
The cochlear implant is a successful bionic device, restoring hearing to hundreds of thousands of pa...
It was first suggested by Gold in 1948 [1] that the exquisite sensitivity and frequency selectivity ...
It was first suggested by Gold in 1948 [1] that the exquisite sensitivity and frequency selectivity ...
Abstract—Pulsed lasers can evoke neural activity from motor as well as sensory neurons in vivo. Lase...
SummarySound is detected and converted into electrical signals within the ear. The cochlea not only ...