- Title
- The use of suprathreshold stochastic resonance in cochlear implant coding
- Creator
- Allingham, D.; Stocks, N. G.; Morse, R. P.
- Relation
- Fluctuations and Noise in Biological, Biophysical, and Biomedical Systems. Fluctuations and noise in biological, biophysical, and biomedical systems (Proceedings of SPIE: the International Society for Optical Engineering, Volume 5110) (Santa Fe, NM 2-4 June, 2003) p. 92-101
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.490198
- Publisher
- SPIE
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2003
- Description
- In this article we discuss the possible use of a novel form of stochastic resonance, termed suprathreshold stochastic resonance (SSR), to improve signal encoding/transmission in cochlear implants. A model, based on the leaky-integrate-and-fire (LIF) neuron, has been developed from physiological data and use to model information flow in a population of cochlear nerve fibers. It is demonstrated that information flow can, in principle, be enhanced by the SSR effect. Furthermore, SSR was found to enhance information transmission for signal parameters that are commonly encountered in cochlear implants. This, therefore, gives hope that SSR may be implemented in cochlear implants to improve speech comprehension.
- Subject
- suprathreshold stochastic resonance; cochlear implants; signal encoding; signal transmission
- Identifier
- uon:6499
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/803757
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780819449702
- Identifier
- ISSN:0277-786X
- Language
- eng
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