ArticleHearing research2008
Cochlear implants: a remarkable past and a brilliant future.
Article in Hearing research, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 262 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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262 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 846 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Research of visual attention networks in deaf individuals: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Using aided cortical assessment as an objective tool to evaluate cochlear implant fitting in users with single-sided deafness.PloS one · 2018Trial
- Comparison of robotic-assisted and manual cochlear implant electrode array insertions considering cochlear geometric factors.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Speech sensorimotor adaptation in young adult cochlear implant users with early implantation.Journal of neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Prior exposure to speech rapidly modulates cortical processing of high-level linguistic structure.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2026Article
- Using Electrospinning Technique for Rapid Preparation of BDNF-Releasing Electrode Array of Cochlear Implant: An In Vitro Study.ACS omega · 2026Article
- Minimally invasive implantation of scalable high-density cortical microelectrode arrays for multimodal neural decoding and stimulation.Nature biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- Subtype-Specific Vulnerability of Spiral Ganglion Neurons in Sensorineural Hearing Loss Across the Lifespan.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Listening effort among adult cochlear implant users: a protocol for a systematic review and measure-specific meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2026Article
- From Physical Replacement to Biological Symbiosis: Evolutionary Paradigms and Future Prospects of Auditory Reconstruction Brain-Computer Interfaces.Micromachines · 2026Review
- Cryopreserved Human Otic Neuronal Spheroids Self-assemble for Functional Connectivity Analysis and Long-term Ototoxicity Evaluation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Neural tracking of continuous speech reveals enhanced late responses to degraded speech.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- Sodium hexachloroplatinate (IV) induces concentration- and time-dependent depolarization and cytotoxicity in HEI-OC1 auditory cells.PloS one · 2026Article
- Pilot Chronic Evaluation of a Slanted Electrode Array as an Auditory Nerve Implant.IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2026Article
- Functional, sustained recovery of hearing in Otoferlin-deficient mice using DB-OTO, a hair-cell-specific AAV-based gene therapy.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025Article
- Can bionic eyes restore vision? Breakthroughs, challenges, and future frontiers in ophthalmology - A comprehensive review.Journal of biological engineering · 2025Article
- Neural markers of attention processing in pediatric cochlear implant users: an ERP study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The auditory nerve implant-concept and device description of a novel electrical auditory prosthesis.Bioelectronic medicine · 2025Review
- Radiation-free cochlear implant position estimation in pediatric patients using impedance telemetry.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
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Abstract
The aims of this paper are to (i) provide a brief history of cochlear implants; (ii) present a status report on the current state of implant engineering and the levels of speech understanding enabled by that engineering; (iii) describe limitations of current signal processing strategies; and (iv) suggest new directions for research. With current technology the "average" implant patient, when listening to predictable conversations in quiet, is able to communicate with relative ease. However, in an environment typical of a workplace the average patient has a great deal of difficulty. Patients who are "above average" in terms of speech understanding, can achieve 100% correct scores on the most difficult tests of speech understanding in quiet but also have significant difficulty when signals are presented in noise. The major factors in these outcomes appear to be (i) a loss of low-frequency, fine structure information possibly due to the envelope extraction algorithms common to cochlear implant signal processing; (ii) a limitation in the number of effective channels of stimulation due to overlap in electric fields from electrodes; and (iii) central processing deficits, especially for patients with poor speech understanding. Two recent developments, bilateral implants and combined electric and acoustic stimulation, have promise to remediate some of the difficulties experienced by patients in noise and to reinstate low-frequency fine structure information. If other possibilities are realized, e.g., electrodes that emit drugs to inhibit cell death following trauma and to induce the growth of neurites toward electrodes, then the future is very bright indeed.
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