Bilateral cochlear implantation in the ferret: a novel animal model for behavioral studies.

Journal article

Bilateral cochlear implantation has recently been introduced with the aim of improving both speech perception in background noise and sound localization. Although evidence suggests that binaural perception is possible with two cochlear implants, results in humans are variable. To explore potential contributing factors to these variable outcomes, we have developed a behavioral animal model of bilateral cochlear implantation in a novel species, the ferret. Although ferrets are ideally suited to...

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Authors: Hartley, D; Vongpaisal, T; Xu, J; Shepherd, R; King, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of neuroscience methods
• Volume: 190
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 214-228
• Publication date: 2010-07-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.05.014
• EISSN: 1872-678X
• ISSN: 0165-0270
• Language: English
• Keywords: Animals; Cochlear Implantation; Psychophysics; Ear; Ferrets; Acoustic Stimulation; Electric Impedance; Disease Models, Animal; Deafness; Behavior, Animal; Functional Laterality; Auditory Perception; Cochlear Implants; Sound Localization; Aminoglycosides; Evoked Potentials, Auditory; Head Movements; Time Factors