2003 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses

2003年植入式听觉假体会议

• 批准号: 6675592
• 负责人: Robert V Shannon
• 金额: $ 3万
• 依托单位: HOUSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-08-01 至 2004-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6675592
• 关键词: cochlear implants; ear /hearing prosthesis; implant; medical implant science; meeting /conference /symposium; travel

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The cochlear implant is the first neural prosthesis to achieve the technical success necessary for widespread clinical application. It provides the only effective therapy for restoring sound sensation and speech understanding to the profoundly deaf. Over the past 20 years, dramatic improvements in patients' performance with these devices have been achieved. Currently the average speech understanding score for implanted adults is between 80-100% correct. These advances have derived substantially from the collective efforts of researchers in a broad array of scientific disciplines. This close collaboration and cooperation has been fostered in large part through a series of biennial research conferences, originating with the 1983 Gordon Research Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses. These conferences are the only forum in which implant research issues are the sole focus. A 'new' development since the last (2001) meeting is the potential to combine electrical stimulation with other trophic agents to ensure reduced degeneration of neural elements. This development will be discussed at length in the 2003 meeting, and will include both in vitro and in vivo data from experimental animals, together with an overview of the proposed delivery of neurotrophins clinically. The meeting will also focus on new developments in a core theme of this meeting - improved signal processing. This session will critically examine the application of stochastic resonance in signal processing schemes, and examine the potential to employ schemes based on our understanding of processing in the normal cochlea. In addition to these topics we will examine the latest research on (1) the effects of deprivation and stimulation on plasticity of the auditory system, (2) combined acoustic (low frequency) and electric (high frequency) hearing, (3) electrophysiological monitoring in cochlear implants, (4) new innovative electrode arrays for cochlear implants, (5) implant psychophysics, (6) binaural cochlear implants, and (7) "beyond the horizons" talks by experts in fields related to cochlea implants. In sum, the conference will continue the tradition of combining information from a wide range of disciplines in an effort to better understand electrical stimulation of the cochlea and to improve the performance of patients fitted with cochlear implants. This application seeks partial support for this conference, scheduled at the Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA on August 17-22, 2003.

描述（由申请人提供）：人工耳蜗是实现广泛临床应用所需的技术成功的第一个神经假体。它提供了唯一有效的治疗方法，可以使声音和语音理解深深地聋。在过去的20年中，已经实现了这些设备的患者性能的显着改善。目前，植入成年人的平均语音理解得分在80-100％之间正确。这些进步大大源于研究人员在各种科学学科中的集体努力。这种紧密的合作与合作在很大程度上是通过一系列每两年一次的研究会议来促进的，该会议源自1983年戈登植入听觉假体研究会议。这些会议是唯一植入研究问题是唯一重点的论坛。自上次（2001年）会议以来的“新”发展是将电刺激与其他营养剂相结合以确保神经元素变性减少的潜力。这一发展将在2003年的会议上进行详尽地讨论，并将包括实验动物的体外和体内数据，以及临床上拟议的神经营养蛋白递送的概述。会议还将重点关注这次会议核心主题的新发展 - 改进的信号处理。本届会议将严格检查随机共振在信号处理方案中的应用，并根据我们对正常耳蜗的处理的理解来检查采用方案的潜力。 In addition to these topics we will examine the latest research on (1) the effects of deprivation and stimulation on plasticity of the auditory system, (2) combined acoustic (low frequency) and electric (high frequency) hearing, (3) electrophysiological monitoring in cochlear implants, (4) new innovative electrode arrays for cochlear implants, (5) implant psychophysics, (6) binaural cochlear implants, and (7) "beyond the Horizo​​ns”专家在与耳蜗植入物有关的领域的谈判。总而言之，会议将继续将各种学科的信息结合起来，以更好地了解耳蜗的电刺激并提高与人工耳蜗植入物的患者的性能。该申请将对本次会议寻求部分支持，该会议计划于2003年8月17日至22日在加利福尼亚州太平洋格罗夫的Asilomar会议中心举行。