Constructing a three-dimensional electrical model of a living cochlear implant user's cochlea

• Published in: International journal for numerical methods in biomedical engineering Vol. 32; no. 7
• Main Authors: Malherbe, T. K., Hanekom, T., Hanekom, J. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Animals; Cochlea; cochlear implant; Cochlear Implants; Electrodes; fem; Guinea Pigs; Humans; neural excitation; skull model; subject specific; volume conduction model; neural excitation; skull model; cochlear implant; volume conduction model; subject specific; fem

Summary Background Hearing performance varies greatly among users of cochlear implants. Current three‐dimensional cochlear models that predict the electrical fields inside a stimulated cochlea and their effect on neural excitation are generally based on a generic human or guinea pig cochlear shape t...