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  • Title: Spatial spread of neural excitation: comparison of compound action potential and forward-masking data in cochlear implant recipients.
    Author: Cohen LT, Saunders E, Richardson LM.
    Journal: Int J Audiol; 2004 Jun; 43(6):346-55. PubMed ID: 15457817.
    Abstract:
    The feasibility of using the electrically evoked compound action potential (ECAP), measured with the NRT system (Neural Response Telemetry) and the NRT software (version 2.04), to quantify the longitudinal spread of neural excitation was examined in four subjects fitted with the Nucleus C124M cochlear implant. The ECAP and psychophysical forward-masking profiles were measured using stimulation on each of three electrodes, in basal, middle and apical positions. Spatial spread profiles derived from the ECAP measure produced broader functions than those derived from the psychophysical measure. These results, together with investigation of the change of ECAP spread pattern with stimulation current, suggest that functions derived from this 'simple' method were more influenced by the spread of electric field from excited neuron to electrode array than by breadth of the neural excitation pattern. The recently released NRT version 3.0 permits the masker and probe pulses to be delivered to separate electrodes, thus removing a fundamental limitation of version 2.04. Results from a pilot study, in which this capability was exploited, suggest that the spatial functions from this 'advanced' method may provide a better correlation with results from psychophysical forward masking.
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