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ArticleHearing research2022

Combining Place and Rate of Stimulation Improves Frequency Discrimination in Cochlear Implant Users.

Susan R S Bissmeyer, Raymond L Goldsworthy

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Article in Hearing research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Weighting of Spectral and Temporal Cues with n-of-m Cochlear Implant Strategies Depends on Voice Pitch.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Susan R S BissmeyerDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States; Auditory Research Center, Health Research Association, Caruso Department of Otolaryngology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1640 Marengo Street Suite 326, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States. Electronic address: ssubrahm@usc.edu.
Raymond L GoldsworthyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States; Auditory Research Center, Health Research Association, Caruso Department of Otolaryngology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1640 Marengo Street Suite 326, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States.
University of Southern California · US

Funding

Training in Hearing & Communication NeuroscienceT32DC009975 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Christopher A Shera · 2009 to 2026
$5.0M
Encoding Temporal Fine Structure for Cochlear ImplantsR01DC018044 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI RAYMOND L GOLDSWORTHY · 2020 to 2026
$3.7M
Music Appreciation after Cochlear ImplantationR01DC018701 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI GOLDSWORTHY, RAYMOND L · 2019 to 2023
$2.1M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC018044NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC018701NIDCD NIH HHS T32 DC009975
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the auditory system, frequency is represented as tonotopic and temporal response properties of the auditory nerve. While these response properties are inextricably linked in normal hearing, cochlear implants can separately excite tonotopic location and temporal synchrony using different electrodes and stimulation rates, respectively. This separation allows for the investigation of the contributions of tonotopic and temporal cues for frequency discrimination. The present study examines frequency discrimination in adult cochlear implant users as conveyed by electrode position and stimulation rate, separately and combined. The working hypothesis is that frequency discrimination is better provided by place and rate cues combined compared to either cue alone. This hypothesis was tested in two experiments. In the first experiment, frequency discrimination needed for melodic contour identification was measured for frequencies near 100, 200, and 400 Hz using frequency allocation modeled after clinical processors. In the second experiment, frequency discrimination for pitch ranking was measured for frequencies between 100 and 1600 Hz using an experimental frequency allocation designed to provide better access to place cues. The results of both experiments indicate that frequency discrimination is better with place and rate cues combined than with either cue alone. These results clarify how signal processing for cochlear implants could better encode frequency into place and rate of electrical stimulation. Further, the results provide insight into the contributions of place and rate cues for pitch.

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Cochlear ImplantationCochlear ImplantsAcoustic StimulationCochlear NerveElectric StimulationPitch PerceptionAuditory neuroscienceCochlear implantPitchPsychophysics

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PMID35930901
PMCPMC10849775
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