NIH Illustration of a cochlear implant.
Posted under: Engineering , Health and Medicine , News Releases , Research , Science , Technology. For many, music is a universal language that unites people when words cannot. But for those who use cochlear implants - technology that allows deaf and hard of hearing people to comprehend speech - hearing music remains extremely challenging. University of Washington scientists hope to change this. They have developed a new way of processing the signals in cochlear implants to help users hear music better. The technique lets users perceive differences between musical instruments, a significant improvement from what standard cochlear implants can offer, said lead researcher Les Atlas , a University of Washington professor of electrical engineering. "Right now, cochlear-implant subjects do well when it's quiet and there is a single person talking, but with music, noisy rooms or multiple people talking, it's difficult to hear,” Atlas said.
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