Auditory processing of speech and its implications with respect to prosthetic rehabilitation. The bioengineering viewpoint.
A significant approach to medical problems from a bioengineering viewpoint generally implies the description of the biological system behaviour in terms of mathematical models. Some general considerations are reported about biological mathematical models and a short summary is given about the state of the art as far as the acoustical system is concerned. Finally, a general procedure is presented which makes use of mathematical models to conceive and analyse new prosthetic aids for the severely deaf.
D001306:Auditory Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D001307:Auditory Perception; D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007858:Learning; D008954:Models, Biological; D013060:Speech