Neuronal development of hearing and language: cochlear implants and critical periods

A Kral, MF Dorman, BS Wilson - Annual review of neuroscience, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The modern cochlear implant (CI) is the most successful neural prosthesis developed to
date. CIs provide hearing to the profoundly hearing impaired and allow the acquisition of …

[PDF][PDF] Cochlear implants: current designs and future possibilities

BS Wilson, MF Dorman - J Rehabil Res Dev, 2008 - rehab.research.va.gov
The cochlear implant is the most successful of all neural prostheses developed to date. It is
the most effective prosthesis in terms of restoration of function, and the people who have …

Cochlear implants: a remarkable past and a brilliant future

BS Wilson, MF Dorman - Hearing research, 2008 - Elsevier
The aims of this paper are to (i) provide a brief history of cochlear implants;(ii) present a
status report on the current state of implant engineering and the levels of speech …

[图书][B] Cochlear implants: fundamentals and applications

G Clark - 2003 - Springer
The external ear or pinna (auricle) collects sound, which passes along the external auditory
canal to the eardrum (tympanic membrane)(Fig. 2.1). The middle ear (tympanum) is a cavity …

Speech recognition materials and ceiling effects: Considerations for cochlear implant programs

RH Gifford, JK Shallop, AM Peterson - Audiology and Neurotology, 2008 - karger.com
Cochlear implant recipients have demonstrated remarkable increases in speech perception
since US FDA approval was granted in 1984. Improved performance is due to a number of …

Mimicking the human ear

PC Loizou - IEEE signal processing magazine, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A prosthetic device, called a cochlear implant, can be implanted in the inner ear and can
restore partial hearing to profoundly deaf people. Some individuals with implants can now …

Introduction to cochlear implants

PC Loizou - IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology …, 1999 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cochlear implants have been very successful in restoring partial hearing to profoundly deaf
people. Many individuals with implants are now able to communicate and understand …

Conservation of low-frequency hearing in cochlear implantation

J Kiefer, W Gstoettner, W Baumgartner… - Acta oto …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Objective As results with cochlear implants have continued to improve, patients with some
remaining cochlear function have become eligible for cochlear implantation. Thus …

The benefits of combining acoustic and electric stimulation for the recognition of speech, voice and melodies

MF Dorman, RH Gifford, AJ Spahr… - Audiology and …, 2008 - karger.com
Fifteen patients fit with a cochlear implant in one ear and a hearing aid in the other ear were
presented with tests of speech and melody recognition and voice discrimination under …

Head shadow, squelch, and summation effects in bilateral users of the MED-EL COMBI 40/40+ cochlear implant

P Schleich, P Nopp, P D'haese - Ear and hearing, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of bilateral cochlear implant
use on speech perception in noise in bilateral users of the MED-EL COMBI 40/40+ cochlear …