Optimization of Sound Coding Strategies to Make Singing Music More Accessible for Cochlear Implant Users.

ABSTRACT: Cochlear implants (CIs) are implantable medical devices that can partially restore hearing to people suffering from profound sensorineural hearing loss. While these devices provide good speech understanding in quiet, many CI users face difficulties when listening to music. Reasons include poor spatial specificity of electric stimulation, limited transmission of spectral and temporal fine structure of acoustic signals, and restrictions in the dynamic range that can be conveyed via electric stimulation of the auditory nerve. The coding strategies currently used in CIs are typically designed for speech rather than music. This work investigates the optimization of CI coding strategies to make singing music more accessible to CI users. The aim is to reduce the spectral complexity of music by se

SUBMITTER: Tahmasebi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9837293 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature