Characterizing the response of the human basilar membrane in normal-hearing and hearing impaired listeners.

Applying our computational models to improve auditory prosthesis is possible only if the models reproduce the main characteristics of human auditory perception (e.g., frequency selectivity and compression). Part of our work is dedicated to measure these characteristics, both in normal-hearing listeners and in listeners with sensorineural hearing loss.

Selected publications

Lopez-Poveda, EA, Plack, CJ, and Meddis, R. (2003).  “Cochlear nonlinearity between 500 and 8000 Hz in normal-hearing listeners,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113, 951-960.

Plack, CJ, Drga, V, and Lopez-Poveda, EA (2004). «Inferred basilar-membrane response functions for listeners with mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss,» J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115, 1684-1695.

Lopez-Poveda, EA, Plack, CJ, Meddis, R, and Blanco, JL. (2005). «Cochlear compression between 500 and 8000 Hz in listeners with moderate sensorineural hearing loss,» Hearing Res. 205, 172-183.