The ABCIT research platform

Author

Adiloglu, Kamil ; Herzke, Tobias ; Hohmann, Volker ; Recugnat, Matthieu ; Besnard, Martin ; Huang, Tingwen ; Backus, Bradford

Author_Institution

HorTech gGmbH, Oldenburg, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

8-11 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

26

Lastpage

29

Abstract

We present a portable, binaural, real-time research platform for cochlear implant devices. The platform consists of hardware and software parts. The research hardware is responsible for the 4-channel input audio signal as well as for the electric stimulation of the cochlea. The software includes a highly flexible research environment for the development of sound pre-processing (“speech processing”) and stimulation strategies. The interface between hardware and software is fully bi-directional, supporting recording capabilities of objective measures specific to the connected implant device. Hence, this platform enables the researchers to perform a diversity of experiments related to cochlear implant research.

Keywords

cochlear implants; software engineering; speech processing; 4-channel input audio signal; ABCIT research platform; cochlea electric stimulation; cochlear implant device; sound preprocessing; speech processing; Auditory system; Cochlear implants; Hardware; Signal processing; Signal processing algorithms; Software; Speech; Cochlear implant; real time; signal processing; software development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC), 2014 14th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Juan-les-Pins

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWAENC.2014.6953326

Filename

6953326