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    Combined cochlear implant and speech processing hearing aid for implant users with a severe to profound hearing loss in the contralateral ear [Abstract]
    BLAMEY, PETER ; Parisi, Elvira ; Dooley, Gary ( 1994)
    The bimodal device was developed for cochlear implant users who simultaneously wear a hearing aid in the opposite ear having residual hearing of a severe to profound degree. The aim was to create a single device to provide both input signals in a more compatible manner and thus maximise use of the individual's total hearing capabilities. The acoustic component of the bimodal device is very flexible and can implement various speech processing strategies with speed, ease and precision. The Frequency Response Tailoring strategy utilises three filters to fit a frequency gain curve to within 1-2 dB of that desired. Modifications at discrete frequencies, ranges or slopes can be readily made. The Peak Sharpening or Spectral Enhancement strategy amplifies the formant peaks in speech for potential improvement of formant resolution and speech perception in the presence of background noise. The Resynthesis strategy presents specifically selected components of speech in selected combinations and includes the ability to transpose higher frequency information to lower frequency ranges for individuals with no aidable high frequency hearing levels. Different fits can be quickly and easily interchanged for comparison and evaluation and subsequent modifications indicated can be readily effected. Any combination of acoustic and implant speech processing strategy can be presented to optimise speech perception for the individual user.
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    Preliminary evaluation of a wearable multichannel electrotactile speech processor [Abstract]
    Cowan, R. S. C. ; Blamey, P. J. ; Alcantara, J. I. ; Whitford, L. W. ; Clark, Graeme M. ( 1988)
    Speech discrimination testing, using both open-and closed-set materials was carried out with four severely-to-profoundly hearing impaired adults. and seven normally hearing subjects, to assess performance of a wearable eight-channel electrotactile aid (Tickle Talker). The device consisted of a handset composed of nine electrodes, a stimulator-unit, and a speech processor and input microphone. Eight small electrodes were located over the digital nerve bundles on each side of the four fingers of one hand, and a larger common electrode was placed on the wrist. Subjects perceived eight separate channels of information, each corresponding to a stimulus on one side of one finger. The speech processor provided estimates of second formant frequency, fundamental frequency and amplitude of the speech waveform. These features were coded as electrode position, pulse rate and pulse width respectively. This processing strategy (FOF2AO) is similar to that used in an earlier model of the Cochlear Pty. Ltd. cochlear implant.