A method of generating electrode stimulation signals suitable for applying to electrode contacts in a cochlear implant electrode array, the method comprising: processing an input audio signal to generate a plurality of band pass channel signals each representing an associated band of audio frequencies; extracting a channel envelope from each channel signal; characterized in that the method further comprises: processing the input audio signal and the channel envelopes to produce transient reduced envelopes based on: i. determining for each channel envelope a normalized channel-specific transient indicator characterizing transient noise present in the channel signal, ii. determining a combined transient indicator as a function of the channel-specific transient indicators, and iii. applying a channel-specific gain to the channel envelopes as a function of the combined transient indicator to produce the transient reduced envelopes; and using the transient reduced envelopes to generate electrode stimulation signals suitable for applying to the electrode contacts. processing an input audio signal to generate a plurality of band pass channel signals each representing an associated band of audio frequencies; extracting a channel envelope from each channel signal; characterized in that the method further comprises: processing the input audio signal and the channel envelopes to produce transient reduced envelopes based on: i. determining for each channel envelope a normalized channel-specific transient indicator characterizing transient noise present in the channel signal, ii. determining a combined transient indicator as a function of the channel-specific transient indicators, and iii. applying a channel-specific gain to the channel envelopes as a function of the combined transient indicator to produce the transient reduced envelopes; and using the transient reduced envelopes to generate electrode stimulation signals suitable for applying to the electrode contacts. processing the input audio signal and the channel envelopes to produce transient reduced envelopes based on: i. determining for each channel envelope a normalized channel-specific transient indicator characterizing transient noise present in the channel signal, ii. determining a combined transient indicator as a function of the channel-specific transient indicators, and iii. applying a channel-specific gain to the channel envelopes as a function of the combined transient indicator to produce the transient reduced envelopes; and using the transient reduced envelopes to generate electrode stimulation signals suitable for applying to the electrode contacts. i. determining for each channel envelope a normalized channel-specific transient indicator characterizing transient noise present in the channel signal, ii. determining a combined transient indicator as a function of the channel-specific transient indicators, and iii. applying a channel-specific gain to the channel envelopes as a function of the combined transient indicator to produce the transient reduced envelopes; and using the transient reduced envelopes to generate electrode stimulation signals suitable for applying to the electrode contacts.