Measurements and models of auditory nerve spike rate and timing to electrical stimulation

Physiological measurements of the response of auditory nerve (AN) fibers to electrical stimulation from a cochlear implant (CI) have in general exhibited much higher maximal entrainment rates and higher temporal precision than is observed for acoustical stimulation. However, it appears that this superior rate coding in the AN for electrical stimulation does not translate to better coding of rate in the midbrain or for the percept of temporal …