Department of
Auditory Implants and Perception (DAIP)
Mission
Our long-term goals are to understand and improve auditory prosthetic devices, including cochlear implants and brainstem implants, and to use implants as a tool to understand normal auditory and speech processes.
Organization
The Department is composed of two laboratories: the Auditory Implant Research Laboratory (AIR), and the Auditory Perception Research Laboratory (APL). Both laboratories work with normal hearing, cochlear implant, and brainstem implant subjects, but the focus of each lab is different. The AIR lab contains the ABI project and the development of the next generation of penetrating microelectrodes for future use, as well as experiments on electrode interaction and speech pattern recognition. APL lab projects include the development and technology transfer of the low-cost cochlear implant, the development of a complete model of loudness for acoustic and electric hearing, and mathematical models of central auditory processing.
The Department has developed auditory simulations of the cochlear implant.
Research Staff:
Robert Shannon, Ph.D. - Department Head
Rachel Cruz
Geri Nogaki
Sandy Oba
Dana Rosario
Sherol Chinchilla-Rodriguez
