Overview
- Auditory prostheses have been used successfully to partially restore hearing in more than 60,000 hearing-impaired people worldwide.
- This volume focuses on cochlear implants, but also discusses the design principles and performance data for other types of auditory prostheses.
Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research (SHAR, volume 20)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cochlear Implants: Auditory Prostheses and Electric Hearing
Editors: Fan-Gang Zeng, Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay
Series Title: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-22585-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-40646-6Published: 21 April 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2346-2Published: 01 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-22585-2Published: 29 June 2013
Series ISSN: 0947-2657
Series E-ISSN: 2197-1897
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 438
Topics: Neurobiology, Human Physiology, Neurosciences, Otorhinolaryngology, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering