title: Cochlear implants matching the prosthesis to the brain and facilitating desired plastic changes in brain function.
abstract: The cochlear implant (CI) is one of the great success stories of modern medicine. A high level of function is provided for most patients. However, some patients still do not achieve excellent or even good results using the present-day devices. Accumulating evidence is pointing to differences in the processing abilities of the "auditory brain" among patients as a principal contributor to this remaining and still large variability in outcomes. In this chapter, we describe a new approach to the design of CIs that takes these differences into account and thereby may improve outcomes for patients with compromised auditory brains.
authors.affiliation: Duke Hearing Center, Duke University Medical Center (DUMC), Durham, NC, USA. blake.wilson@duke.edu
authors.forename: Blake S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Dorman
authors.forename: Marty G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Woldorff
authors.forename: Debara L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Tucci
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D019929:Cochlear Implantation / Q000379:methods; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D014584:User-Computer Interface