Cochlear Implants

Current research is being pursued through collaborations at USC with Prof. Goldsworthy.

Publications

Loeb, G.E. Are cochlear implant patients suffering from perceptual dissonance? Ear & Hearing. 26(5): 435-450, 2005.

Loeb, G.E. We Made the Deaf Hear. Now What? Toward Replacement Parts for the Brain: Implantable Biomimetic Electronics as Neural Prostheses, Chapter 1, p. 3-13, 2005.

Wilson, B.S., Rebscher, S., Zeng, F.-G., Shannon, R.V., Loeb, G.E. and Lawson, D.T. Design for an inexpensive but effective cochlear implant. Otolaryngol.-Head & Neck Surg. 118:235-241, 1998.

Loeb, G.E. Speech-processing strategies designed for children. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 117(3): 170-173, 1997.

Kessler, D.K., Loeb, G.E., Barker, M.S. Distribution of speech recognition results with the Clarion cochlear prosthesis. Otol., Rhinol. & Laryngol. Suppl. 166:283-285, 1995.

Loeb, G.E., Peck, R.A. and Smith, D.W. Microminiature molding techniques for cochlear electrode arrays. J. Neurosci. Meth. 63:85-92, 1995

Loeb, G.E. and Kessler, D.K. Speech recognition performance over time with the Clarion cochlear prosthesis. Otol., Rhinol. & Laryngol. Suppl. 166:290-292, 1995.

Ruddy, H.A. and Loeb, G.E. The influence of materials and geometry on fields produced by cochlear electrode arrays. Med. & Biol. Engng. & Comput. 33:793-801, 1995.

DeFoa, J.L. and Loeb, G.E. Issues in cochlear prosthetics: An International survey of opinions. Inter. J. Tech. Assessment in Health Care, 7:403-410, 1991.

Loeb, G.E. Cochlear Prosthetics. Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 13:357-71, 1990.

Loeb, G.E. Auditory Prosthesis. In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, G. Adelman, Ed., Birkhauser Boston, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., 1987, pp. 88-89.

Loeb, G.E. The functional replacement of the ear. Scientific American 252:104-111, 1985.

Loeb, G.E. Single and multichannel cochlear prostheses: Rationale, strategies, and potential. In: Cochlear Implants, (Ed.) R.A. Schindler and M.M. Merzenich, Raven Press, New York, 1985, pp. 17-28.

Loeb, G.E., White, M.W. and Jenkins, W.M. Biophysical considerations in electrical stimulation of the auditory nervous system. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 405:123-136, 1983.

Loeb, G.E., Byers, C.L., Rebscher, S.J., Casey, D.E., Fong, M.M., Schindler, R.A., Gray, R.F. and Merzenich, M.M. Design and fabrication of an experimental cochlear prosthesis. Med. & Biol. Engng. & Comput. 21:241-254, 1983.

Loeb, G.E., White, M.W. and Merzenich, M.M. Spatial cross-correlation: A proposed mechanism for acoustic pitch perception. Biol. Cybernetics 47:149-163, 1983.

Loeb, G.E. Intentional non-consonant tuning. Piano Technicians Journal. 24:#8:17-19, 1981.