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    Improved sound processing for cochlear implants
    James, C.J. ; Just, Y. ; Knight, M.R. ; Martin, L.F.A. ; McKay, C.M. ; Plant, K.L. ; Tari, S. ; Vandali, A.E. ; Clark, Graeme M. ; Cowan, R.S.C. ; McDermott, H. J. ; Blamey, P. J. ; Dawson, P. ; Fearn, R. A. ; Grayden, D. B. ; Henshall, K. R. ( 2002)
    Four signal processing schemes currently under development aim to improve the perception of sounds/ especially speech, for children and adults using the Nucleus cochlear implant system. The schemes are (1) fast-acting input-signal compression, (2) Adaptive Dynamic Range Optimisation (ADRO), (3) TESM, a scheme that emphasises transients in signals, and (4) DRSP, a strategy that applies different stimulation rates to selected sets of electrodes.
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    The auditory cortex and auditory deprivation: experience with cochlear implants in the congenitally deaf [Abstract]
    Shepherd, R. K. ; Hartmann, R. ; Heid, S. ; Klinke, R. ; Blamey, P. J. ; Dowell, R. C. ; Clarke, Graeme M. ( 1995)
    The primary auditory cortex (AI) exhibits a topographic representation of the organ of Corti in normal hearing animals. Plasticity studies have shown that this orderly representation of frequency can be modified following a restricted hearing loss or by behavioural trainingl,2. Little is known, however, of the effects of a profound hearing loss on AI, although a number of early studies have suggested an enhancement of activity from other modalities3. Knowledge of the functional status of the central auditory pathway in the profoundly deaf, and the ability of these structures to undergo reorganization particularly following long periods of auditory deprivation - are important issues for the clinical management of cochlear implant patients. In this paper we review our recent clinical and experimental experience with cochlear implants in the congenitally deaf.
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    The effect of language knowledge on speech perception: what are we really assessing? [Abstract]
    Sarant, J. Z. ; Blamey, P. J. ; Cowan, R. S. C. ; Clark, Graeme M. ( 1996)
    It is a common finding that many hearing-impaired children have poorer language skills than their normally-hearing peers of the same age. It is also logical to assume that the measurement of open-set speech perception in children with cochlear implants could be affected by limited receptive vocabulary and syntactic knowledge. Therefore, we may be significantly underestimating the speech perception abilities of some hearing-impaired children.