Optical induction of auditory perception via cochlear stimulation in Mongolian gerbils without genetic modification Dataset

This study demonstrates that transtympanic infrared laser stimulation of cochlea can evoke an auditory-like percept. The results show that laser-evoked cochlear responses are closely linked to behavioral responses, and that these responses depend on stimulus intensity, are suppressed by auditory masking, and generalize from acoustic to laser stimulation. This suggests that laser stimulation engages auditory-related processing in the cochlea and can induce behaviorally meaningful perception. This dataset contains cochlear responses and behavioral responses elicited by both auditory and laser stimulation, including data on intensity dependence, masking effects, and stimulus generalization.

本研究证实，经鼓膜红外激光刺激耳蜗可诱发类听觉感知。研究结果表明，激光诱发的耳蜗反应与行为反应密切相关；此类反应依赖刺激强度，可被听觉掩蔽效应抑制，且可在声学刺激与激光刺激间实现泛化。这提示激光刺激可激活耳蜗内与听觉相关的神经加工过程，并能诱发具有行为学意义的感知体验。本数据集包含声学刺激与激光刺激诱发的耳蜗反应及行为反应，涵盖刺激强度依赖性、掩蔽效应及刺激泛化相关数据。