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A bio-inspired coding (BIC) strategy for cochlear implants.

Sonia Tabibi1, Andrea Kegel2, Wai Kong Lai3

  • 1Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zurich (ETHZ), Zurich, Switzerland; Laboratory of Experimental Audiology, ENT Department, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland; University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

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A new bio-inspired coding strategy improved melodic contour identification in cochlear implant recipients. This strategy, utilizing auditory nerve fiber characteristics, showed promise for enhanced spectral and temporal sound processing.

Keywords:
Bio-inspired coding strategyCochlear implantElectrically evoked compound action potentialMelodic contour identificationSentence recognition in noise

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Area of Science:

  • Auditory Neuroscience
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Signal Processing

Background:

  • Current cochlear implant (CI) coding strategies aim to represent spectral and temporal information for hearing restoration.
  • Auditory nerve fiber (ANF) characteristics are crucial for understanding neural responses to electrical stimulation in CIs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To implement and evaluate a bio-inspired coding (BIC) strategy for improved spectral and temporal representation in CIs.
  • To compare the performance of BIC strategies against the conventional advanced combination encoder (ACE) strategy.

Main Methods:

  • ECAP data from 11 CI recipients were used to derive ANF characteristics (refractory recovery, facilitation, spatial spread).
  • Two BIC variations (BIC-I, BIC-G) were developed, integrating ANF characteristics and adaptation effects.
  • Performance was assessed using the melodic contour identification (MCI) and Oldenburg sentence recognition in noise (OLSA) tests.

Main Results:

  • Both BIC strategy variations demonstrated significantly better performance on the transformed MCI test compared to ACE.
  • No significant differences were found between BIC variations and ACE on the OLSA test.
  • Facilitation time constant and amplitude correlated significantly with MCI and OLSA test results for BIC strategies.

Conclusions:

  • The bio-inspired coding strategy shows potential for improving spectral processing in cochlear implants, particularly for tonal perception.
  • Individualized ANF characteristics may offer advantages in specific auditory tasks, warranting further investigation.
  • Facilitation properties of ANFs are important predictors of performance with advanced CI coding strategies.