How to improve speech understanding for cochlear implant users

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  New speech coding strategies to improve speech understanding in cochlear implant users

• IRAS ID

  152694

• Contact name

  Helen Cullington

• Contact email

  hec@isvr.soton.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Southampton

• Research summary

  Cochlear implants provide access to sound for severely to profoundly deaf adults and children. Although speech understanding in quiet can be excellent, cochlear implant users still struggle in background noise. Engineers are constantly working to enhance the speech processing strategies used in cochlear implants in order to improve outcomes in difficult listening situation. Two such strategies have recently been developed: Transient enhancement and Impulsive noise canceller.

• REC name

  North East - Newcastle & North Tyneside 2 Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  14/NE/1067

• Date of REC Opinion

  16 Jul 2014

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion