DEGUINE Olivier
Project status: closed
Over the last three decades, cochlear implants have made great progress, enabling people with profound hearing loss to regain aural function, particularly speech comprehension. These improvements are linked to aural rehabilitation strategies, as well as technical progress in sound processing by implants.
The project proposed by Dr. Deguine and Dr. Barone aims to understand how people with cochlear implants distinguish sounds in their environment. From perception to brain imaging, the explorations will cover a wide scope, enabling the researchers to identify the acoustic characteristics of the human voice, music and everyday sounds, which are essential for people with implants.
This research should help improve cochlear implant strategies and quality of life for patients with implants.
Professor Olivier Deguine
Head of ENT department
ENT department, Toulouse University Hospital, France
Related scientific publication(s):
- Kuzma Strelnikov, Edward Collett, Pascal Gaillard, Eric Truy, Olivier Déguine, Mathieu Marx, Pascal Barone. Categorisation of natural sounds at different stages of auditory recovery in cochlear implant adult deaf patients. Hear Res. 2018 Sep;367:182-194. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.06.006. Epub 2018 Jun 12.
- Aurore Berland, Edward Collett, Pascal Gaillard, Michèle Guidetti , Kuzma Strelnikov, Nadine Cochard , Pascal Barone, Olivier Deguine. Categorization of everyday sounds by cochlear implanted children. Sci Rep. 2019 Mar 5;9(1):3532. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-39991-9.