Chronic intracochlear electrical stimulation in the neonatally deafened cat. II: Temporal properties of neurons in the inferior colliculus (original) (raw)

Chronic intracochlear electrical stimulation has been employed to provide hearing in neonatally deafened cats, using a Scala tympani electrode. The study examines how this stimulation affects the temporal properties of neurons in the inferior colliculus (ICC). Findings indicate that while the cochleotopic organization of the ICC remains intact despite the lack of normal acoustic input during development, significant differences are observed in the spatial representation of excited neurons between chronically stimulated and unstimulated groups.