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THE CONSEQUENCES OF DEAFNESS AND CHRONIC INTRACOCHLEAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION ON THE CENTRAL AUDITORY PATHWAYS
Author(s) -
Hardie Natalie Anne
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
clinical and experimental pharmacology and physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1440-1681
pISSN - 0305-1870
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1998.tb02356.x
Subject(s) - audiology , auditory system , auditory pathways , stimulation , central nervous system , neuroscience , medicine , psychology
SUMMARY 1. Auditory deprivation can result in significant morphological and physiological changes within the central auditory nervous system. These changes are generally more pronounced when the onset of deafness occurs early in development, as is the case with congenitally deaf children. 2. A review of the auditory plasticity literature suggests that some of these deafness‐induced changes may be preventable or partially reversible by electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve. 3. With the increasing application of cochlear implants in congenitally deaf children, it is important to evaluate the consequences of introducing electrical stimulation to the developing auditory nervous system.