Cochlear implants
Subtitle: auditory prostheses and electric hearing
By: Fan-Gang Zeng, Arthur N. Popper, Richard Fay, editors
Series: Springer handbook of auditory research -- volume 20; Springer handbook of auditory research -- v. 20.
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9780387225852; 9781441923462
Subjects: Correction of Hearing Impairment; Electrocochleography; Hearing impaired; Cochlear implants; Cochlear Implants; Evoked Response Audiometry; Cochlear-Implantat; Rehabilitation
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: Auditory prostheses : past, present, and future / Fan-Gang Zeng; title: Engineering design of cochlear implants / Blake S. Wilson; title: Cochlear implants : clinical applications / John K. Niparko; title: Anatomical considerations and long-term effects of electrical stimulation / Patricia A. Leake and Stephen J. Rebscher; title: Biophysics and physiology / Paul J. Abbas and Charles A. Miller; title: Central responses to electrical stimulation / Rainer Hartmann and Andrej Kral; title: Psychophysics and electrical stimulation / Colette M. McKay; title: Speech perception with cochlear implants / Robert V. Shannon [and others]; title: Learning, memory, and cognitive processes in deaf children following cochlear implantation / David B. Pisoni and Miranda Cleary.