Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: CI, Cochlear implant; OR, Operating room; EI, electrode impedance; ECAP, electrically evoked compound action potential; SOE, spread of excitation; CT, computed tomography; DSP, digital signal processing; RF, radiofrequency transmitter; PC, personal computer; IR, Intra-operative; ESRTs, Electrical stapedil reflex thresholds, ECoh G, El...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: CI, Cochlear implant; OR, Operating room; EI, electrode impedance; ECAP, electrically evoked compound action potential; SOE, spread of excitation; CT, computed tomography; DSP, digital signal processing; RF, radiofrequency transmitter; PC, personal computer; IR, Intra-operative; ESRTs, Electrical stapedil reflex thresholds, ECoh G, El...

The electrically-evoked compound action potential (ECAP) is the synchronous whole auditory nerve activity in response to an electrical stimulus, and can be recorded in situ on cochlear implant (CI) electrodes. A novel procedure (ECAP-ICA) to isolate the ECAP from the stimulation artifact, based on independent component analysis (ICA), is described here. ECAPs with artifact (raw-ECAPs) were sequ...

BACKGROUND Since the early 1990s, it has been possible to measure electrically evoked compound action potentials (ECAPs) from Nucleus cochlear implant users. Recording the ECAP does not require active participation by the subject, and the recordings are not adversely affected by attention or sleep, making this response an ideal tool for monitoring long-term changes. Previous research from our l...

Previous animal study revealed that post-implantation electrical detection levels significantly declined within days. The impact of cochlear implant (CI) insertion on human auditory pathway in terms of impedance and electrically evoked compound action potential (ECAP) variation within hours after surgery remains unclear, since at this time frequency mapping can only commence weeks after implant...