Cochlear Implants

by Zeng, Fan-Gang; Popper, Arthur N.; Fay, Richard R.

• ISBN13: 9780387406466
• ISBN10: 0387406468
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Cochlear implants have instigated a popular but controversial revolution in the treatment of deafness. This book discusses the physiological bases of using artificial devices to electrically stimulate the brain to interpret sounds. As the first successful device to restore neural function, the cochlear implant serves as a model for research in neuroscience and biomedical engineering. These and other auditory prostheses are discussed in the context of historical treatments, engineering, psychophysics and clinical issues as well as implications for speech, behavior, cognition and long-term effects on people.

Author Biography

Fan-Gang Zeng is Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University of California, Irvine. Richard R. Fay is Director of the Parmly Hearing Institute and Professor of Psychology at Loyola University of Chicago. Arthur N. Popper is Professor in the Department of Biology, Director of the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing at the University of Mayland, College Park.  

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Series Preface	ix
Volume Preface	xi
1. Auditory Prostheses: Past, Present, and Future	1	(13)
FAN-GANG ZENG
2. Engineering Design of Cochlear Implants	14	(39)
BLAKE S. WILSON
3. Cochlear Implants: Clinical Applications	53	(48)
JOHN K. NIPARKO
4. Anatomical Considerations and Long-Term Effects of Electrical Stimulation	101	(48)
PATRICIA A. LEAKE AND STEPHEN J. REBSCHER
5. Biophysics and Physiology	149	(64)
PAUL J. ABBAS AND CHARLES A. MILLER
6. Central Responses to Electrical Stimulation	213	(73)
RAINER HARTMANN AND ANDREJ KRAL
7. Psychophysics and Electrical Stimulation	286	(48)
COLETTE M. MCKAY
8. Speech Perception with Cochlear Implants	334	(43)
ROBERT V. SHANNON, QIAN-JIE FU, JOHN GALVIN, AND LENDRA FRIESEN
9. Learning, Memory, and Cognitive Processes in Deaf Children Following Cochlear Implantation	377	(50)
DAVID B. PISONI AND MIRANDA CLEARY
Index	427