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CompHEAR: A Customizable and Scalable Web-Enabled Auditory Performance Evaluation Platform for Cochlear Implant Sound
Kris Merrill1, Leah Muller1, Jordan A Beim2
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco.
Biorxiv : the Preprint Server for Biology
|January 8, 2024
Summary
The CompHEAR platform allows researchers to test new cochlear implant (CI) sound processing strategies efficiently. This open-source tool enables large-scale auditory experiments, advancing CI technology and improving patient outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Auditory Neuroscience
- Biomedical Engineering
- Human-Computer Interaction
Background:
- Cochlear implants (CIs) offer significant hearing restoration but face limitations in testing new sound processing strategies.
- Current research interfaces hinder rapid innovation due to portability, programming challenges, and lack of direct algorithm comparison.
Approach:
- Introduced CompHEAR, an open-source, user-friendly research platform for cochlear implant auditory experiments.
- Utilizes a vocoder to simulate novel sound coding strategies and a flexible architecture for diverse experimental designs.
- Designed for scalability, supporting large-scale testing and real-time performance metrics.
Key Points:
- CompHEAR successfully enabled global collaboration during the COVID-19 pandemic for the CI Hackathon.
- Platform performance testing confirmed support for over 10,000 concurrent users.
- Facilitates efficient comparison of diverse signal processing strategies through crowdsourced evaluation.
Conclusions:
- CompHEAR is a versatile tool for advancing cochlear implant research and development.
- Its ease of use, scalability, and flexibility accelerate the testing of new sound processing algorithms.
- Aims to promote significant advancements in CI performance and enhance patient hearing outcomes.
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