title: Application of a pitch perception model to investigate the effect of stimulation field spread on the pitch ranking abilities of cochlear implant recipients.
abstract: Although many cochlear implant (CI) recipients perceive speech very well in favorable conditions, they still have difficulty with music, speech in noisy environments, and tonal languages. Studies show that CI users' performance in these tasks are correlated with their ability to perceive pitch. The spread of stimulation field from the electrodes to the auditory nerve is one of the factors affecting performance. This study proposes a model of auditory perception to predict the performance of CI users in pitch ranking tasks using an existing sound processing scheme. The model is then used as a platform to investigate the effect of stimulation field spread on performance.
authors.affiliation: NeuroEngineering Laboratory, Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia; Centre for Neural Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: ninaes@student.unimelb.edu.au.
authors.forename: Nafise
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Erfanian Saeedi
authors.affiliation: The Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Australia; Dept. of Medical Bionics, University of Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Blamey
authors.affiliation: NeuroEngineering Laboratory, Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia; Centre for Neural Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia; The Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Anthony N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Burkitt
authors.affiliation: NeuroEngineering Laboratory, Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia; Centre for Neural Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia; The Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Grayden
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D003056:Cochlear Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004566:Electrodes; D006309:Hearing; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D010897:Pitch Discrimination / Q000502:physiology*; D010898:Pitch Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013067:Speech Perception