More than 60,000 people worldwide use cochlear implants as a means to restore functional
hearing. Although individual performance variability is still high, an average implant user …

Nearly perfect speech recognition was observed under conditions of greatly reduced spectral
information. Temporal envelopes of speech were extracted from broad frequency bands …

… Recently, Zeng has argued for a general model in which the rapidly varying fine structure
contributes mainly to auditory object formation whereas the slowly varying envelope …

Noise was traditionally regarded as a nuisance, which should be minimized if possible.
However, recent research has shown that addition of an appropriate amount of noise can …

Amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency modulation (FM) are commonly used in communication,
but their relative contributions to speech recognition have not been fully explored. To …

Speech recognition in noise and music perception is especially challenging for current
cochlear implant users. The present study utilizes the residual acoustic hearing in the …

Both place and temporal codes in the peripheral auditory system contain pitch information,
however, their actual use by the brain is unclear. Here pitch data are reported from users of …

… Because cochlear-implant users do not receive a strong sensation of pitch through either
the temporal or the place coding mechanism Zeng, 2002, they would have great difficulty …

Objective The first specific aim of the present study is to compare the ability of normal-hearing
and cochlear implant listeners to use temporal cues in three music perception tasks: tempo …

AUDITORY neuropathy affects the normal synchronous activity in the auditory nerve, without
affecting the amplification function in the inner ear. Patients with auditory neuropathy often …