Infrared neural stimulation fails to evoke neural activity in the deaf guinea pig cochlea

Alexander C Thompson; James B Fallon; Andrew K Wise; Scott A Wade; Robert K Shepherd; Paul R Stoddart

Journal article

Infrared neural stimulation fails to evoke neural activity in the deaf guinea pig cochlea

Alexander C Thompson, James B Fallon, Andrew K Wise, Scott A Wade, Robert K Shepherd, Paul R Stoddart

Hearing Research | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2015.03.005

University of Melbourne Researchers

Robert Shepherd Author Medical Bionics Department

Andrew Wise Author Otolaryngology

James Fallon Author Medical Bionics Department

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Awarded by Australian Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

The authors thank C.-P. Richter of Northwestern University for the loan of the Aculight laser and helpful discussions. S. Irving of the Bionics Institute kindly assisted with aspects of the in vivo experiments. This work was supported by Cochlear Ltd and the Australian Research Council under grant LP120100264. The Bionics Institute acknowledges the financial support it receives from the Victorian State Government.