title: Two new directions in speech processor design for cochlear implants.
abstract: Two new approaches to the design of speech processors for cochlear implants are described. The first aims to represent "fine structure" or "fine frequency" information in a way that it can be perceived and used by patients, and the second aims to provide a closer mimicking than was previously possible of the signal processing that occurs in the normal cochlea.
authors.affiliation: RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
authors.forename: Blake S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Reinhold
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schatzer
authors.forename: Enrique A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Lopez-Poveda
authors.forename: Xiaoan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Dewey T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Wolford
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001307:Auditory Perception; D003051:Cochlea / Q000502:physiology; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting