Full Description
This book offers a comprehensive and forward-looking exploration of cochlear implant systems, covering foundational principles such as electrical stimulation, sound coding, and mechanical design, as well as the latest advances in artificial intelligence, surgical robotics, and optogenetics. It connects the dots between technical design and clinical care, highlighting how engineering advances contribute to more effective hearing restoration for cochlear implant patients.
While cochlear implants have restored hearing to over a million people worldwide, the knowledge surrounding their design, function, and optimization remains fragmented, spread across engineering literature, clinical studies, and specialized research. This volume aims to contribute toward addressing that gap by unifying these perspectives into a single, accessible resource focused on improving patient outcomes.
Written for engineers, clinicians, graduate students, and innovators working at the intersection of hearing science and neurotechnology, the book traces the evolution of cochlear implants from early concepts to emerging technologies. Readers will gain insight into how performance is evaluated in both clinical and real-world settings, and discover how objective measures, computational modeling, medical imaging, and neuroplasticity are driving personalized care.
Whether you're developing next-generation auditory devices or seeking a deeper understanding of the science behind cochlear implants, this book serves as both a technical reference and an inspiring guide to the future of hearing restoration for patients.
Contents
Part I.- Chapter 1: Cochlear Implant Development: From Early Concepts to Future Directions.- Chapter 2: Advancements and Challenges in Signal Processing and Sound Coding for Cochlear Implants.- Chapter 3: Performance Evaluation Methods in Cochlear Implant Patients.- Chapter 4: Implantable Technologies in Cochlear Implants: Mechanics, Materials, and Electrochemistry.- Part II.- Chapter 5: Impedance Measurements in Cochlear Implants: From Research to Clinical Applications.- Chapter 6:Electrocochleography (eCochG): Origins and Applications in Cochlear Implant Surgery.- Chapter 7: Electrically Evoked Compound Action Potentials (ECAPs).- Chapter 8: Advanced Performance Measurement Techniques in CI patients: EEG, eABR.- Chapter 9: Plasticity and Perceptual Learning in Cochlear Implants.- Chapter 10: Artificial Intelligence for Hearing Outcome Prediction and Parameter Fitting in Cochlear Implants.- Part III.- Chapter 11: Computational Modelling in Cochlear Implants: Physical Modelling.- Chapter 12: Computational Modelling of the Auditory System: Biophysical Modelling.- Chapter 13: Medical Imaging and Artificial Intelligence in Cochlear Implantation.- Chapter 14: Advanced Surgical Techniques Using Robotics and Augmented Reality.- Chapter 15: Future Optical Cochlear Implants.
