The neuroscience of tinnitus

JJ Eggermont, LE Roberts - Trends in neurosciences, 2004 - cell.com
Tinnitus is an auditory phantom sensation (ringing of the ears) experienced when no
external sound is present. Most but not all cases are associated with hearing loss induced …

Cochlear implantation: current and future device options

ML Carlson, CLW Driscoll, RH Gifford… - … Clinics of North …, 2012 - oto.theclinics.com
“All of us in implant research have hoped that somehow we would hit upon an electrode
configuration or external processing scheme that would suddenly give our patients normal …

A deep denoising autoencoder approach to improving the intelligibility of vocoded speech in cochlear implant simulation

YH Lai, F Chen, SS Wang, X Lu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: In a cochlear implant (CI) speech processor, noise reduction (NR) is a critical
component for enabling CI users to attain improved speech perception under noisy …

Deep learning–based noise reduction approach to improve speech intelligibility for cochlear implant recipients

YH Lai, Y Tsao, X Lu, F Chen, YT Su, KC Chen… - Ear and …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objective: We investigate the clinical effectiveness of a novel deep learning–based noise
reduction (NR) approach under noisy conditions with challenging noise types at low signal …

Combining directional microphone and single-channel noise reduction algorithms: a clinical evaluation in difficult listening conditions with cochlear implant users

AA Hersbach, K Arora, SJ Mauger, PW Dawson - Ear and hearing, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: This study tested a combination of algorithms designed to improve cochlear
implant performance in noise. A noise reduction (NR) algorithm, based on signal to noise …

Advanced beamformers for cochlear implant users: acute measurement of speech perception in challenging listening conditions

A Buechner, KH Dyballa, P Hehrmann, S Fredelake… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Objective To investigate the performance of monaural and binaural beamforming technology
with an additional noise reduction algorithm, in cochlear implant recipients. Method This …

Comparing binaural pre-processing strategies II: Speech intelligibility of bilateral cochlear implant users

RM Baumgärtel, H Hu, M Krawczyk-Becker… - Trends in …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Several binaural audio signal enhancement algorithms were evaluated with respect to their
potential to improve speech intelligibility in noise for users of bilateral cochlear implants …

Cochlear implant optimized noise reduction

SJ Mauger, K Arora, PW Dawson - Journal of Neural Engineering, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Noise-reduction methods have provided significant improvements in speech perception for
cochlear implant recipients, where only quality improvements have been found in hearing …

Cochlear implants: current status and future potential

MK Cosetti, SB Waltzman - Expert review of medical devices, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This article reviews the current status of cochlear implantation in both adults and children,
including expanding candidacy groups, bilateral implantation, advances in speech …

Mechanisms of localization and speech perception with colocated and spatially separated noise and speech maskers under single-sided deafness with a cochlear …

C Dirks, PB Nelson, DP Sladen, AJ Oxenham - Ear and Hearing, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: This study tested listeners with a cochlear implant (CI) in one ear and acoustic
hearing in the other ear, to assess their ability to localize sound and to understand speech in …