Yu, Shing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-93). / Abstracts in English and Chinese; includes Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.vi / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Hearing impairment --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Limitations of existing CI --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Objectives --- p.3 / Chapter 1.4 --- Thesis Outline --- p.4 / Chapter 2 --- Background --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Signal Processing in CI --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Continuous Interleaved Sampler (CIS) --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Advanced Combination Encoder (ACE) --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2 --- Tone perception by cochlear implantees --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Pitch and Tone --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Mechanisms of pitch perception by cochlear im- plantees --- p.20 / Chapter 3 --- Tone-enhanced ACE Strategy for CI --- p.23 / Chapter 3.1 --- Basic principles --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2 --- Acoustical simulation with noise excited vocoder --- p.26 / Chapter 3.3 --- Implementation in a real CI system --- p.29 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Technical details --- p.30 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Visual comparison --- p.31 / Chapter 4 --- Robust Generation of F0 Trajectory --- p.33 / Chapter 4.1 --- Requirement on the F0 contour --- p.33 / Chapter 4.2 --- Extraction of F0 contour --- p.34 / Chapter 4.3 --- Post-processing of F0 contour --- p.36 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Removal of octave-jump --- p.36 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Interpolation --- p.36 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Prediction --- p.36 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Smoothing --- p.38 / Chapter 4.4 --- Performance evaluation --- p.38 / Chapter 5 --- Design of Listening Tests --- p.41 / Chapter 5.1 --- Speech Materials --- p.41 / Chapter 5.2 --- Testing modes --- p.43 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Sound field mode --- p.45 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Direct stimulation mode --- p.46 / Chapter 5.3 --- Test Interface --- p.47 / Chapter 6 --- Sound-field Tests --- p.49 / Chapter 6.1 --- Materials and Methods --- p.50 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Subjects --- p.50 / Chapter 6.1.2 --- Signal processing and test stimuli --- p.52 / Chapter 6.1.3 --- Procedures --- p.52 / Chapter 6.2 --- Results --- p.54 / Chapter 6.3 --- Discussion --- p.57 / Chapter 7 --- Evaluation of Tone-enhanced Strategy --- p.59 / Chapter 7.1 --- Materials and Methods --- p.60 / Chapter 7.1.1 --- Subjects --- p.60 / Chapter 7.1.2 --- Signal processing and test stimuli --- p.60 / Chapter 7.1.3 --- Procedures --- p.62 / Chapter 7.2 --- Results --- p.63 / Chapter 7.3 --- Discussion --- p.66 / Chapter 8 --- Use of Automatically Generated F0 Contour --- p.72 / Chapter 8.1 --- Materials and Methods --- p.73 / Chapter 8.2 --- Results --- p.74 / Chapter 8.3 --- Discussion --- p.76 / Chapter 9 --- Conclusions --- p.80 / Chapter A --- LSHK Cantonese Romanization Scheme --- p.85 / Bibliography --- p.87
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_327071 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Contributors | Yu, Shing., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Electronic Engineering. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xx, 93 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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