A cochlear-implant processor for encoding music and lowering stimulation power

IEEE Pervasive Computing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-48

  Sit, Ji Jon ^a,c   Sarpeshkar, Rahul ^b  

^a Advanced Bionics ^*

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ADVANCED BIONICS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCHLEAR-IMPLANT PROCESSORS; FINE-PHASE TIMING SPECTRAL INFORMATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER MUSIC; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); SIGNAL ENCODING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

EID: 38349178368     PISSN: 15361268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MPRV.2008.3     Document Type: Article

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