Source localization of auditory evoked potentials after cochlear implantation

Psychophysiology. 2008 Jan;45(1):20-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2007.00610.x. Epub 2007 Oct 1.

Abstract

Little is known about how the auditory cortex adapts to artificial input as provided by a cochlear implant (CI). We report the case of a 71-year-old profoundly deaf man, who has successfully used a unilateral CI for 4 years. Independent component analysis (ICA) of 61-channel EEG recordings could separate CI-related artifacts from auditory-evoked potentials (AEPs), even though it was the perfectly time-locked CI stimulation that caused the AEPs. AEP dipole source localization revealed contralaterally larger amplitudes in the P1-N1 range, similar to normal hearing individuals. In contrast to normal hearing individuals, the man with the CI showed a 20-ms shorter N1 latency ipsilaterally. We conclude that ICA allows the detailed study of AEPs in CI users.

MeSH terms

  • Acoustic Stimulation
  • Aged
  • Artifacts
  • Cochlear Implantation / psychology*
  • Data Interpretation, Statistical
  • Deafness / physiopathology
  • Deafness / psychology
  • Electroencephalography
  • Evoked Potentials, Auditory / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Models, Neurological
  • Sound Localization / physiology*