Signal-processing techniques for cochlear implants: A review of progress in deriving electrical stimuli from the speech signal

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 34-46

  Loizou, Philipos C ^a  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PROSTHETICS; SPEECH CODING; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COMPRESSED ANALOG APPROACH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

SPEECH PROCESSING;

BIOPHYSICS; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENGINEERING; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AMPLIFIERS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032912256     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.765187     Document Type: Review

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