Audiological Acoustics - Hearing with Cochlear Implants
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| Audiological Acoustics - Hearing with Cochlear Implants studies basic auditory perception of cochlear
implant users, people who were previously profoundly deaf. In the case of
bilateral implantation left-right localisation of sound sources in the
horizontal plane can be achieved, improving speech perception in noise. An open
issue concerns the front-back and up-down localisation. In normal hearing pinna
cues and head related transfer functions are available for three-dimensional
hearing. Utilizing acoustic measurements and numerical simulations, the research
aims at transmitting localisation information to the implant electrodes to enable
the implant listener to localise sound sources in the sagittal planes. The fast
and reliable auditory front-back orientation is seen especially important for
implanted children navigating in dangerous environments like heavy traffic
roads.
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