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The PDA project |
The main aim of this project, funded by NIH, is to develop a research interface platform which can be used by researchers interested in exploring new ideas to improve cochlear implant devices. This research platform includes a stimulator unit which can be used for electrical stimulation in animal studies, a recording unit for collecting evoked potentials from human subjects and a portable processor for implementing and evaluating novel speech processing algorithms after long-term use.
The research platform chosen for this project is the personal digital assistant (PDA). The PDA was chosen for several reasons: (1) it is equipped with a variety of input/output ports needed to interface externally with either the recording or stimulating units, (2) it possesses powerful computing capability (some PDAs run as fast as 624 MHz) needed to implement complex speech processing algorithms, (3) it is flexible in as far as programming in either assembly language, C language or LabVIEW, (4) it is inexpensive, (5) has excellent wireless connectivity needed for assistive listening devices, and (6) has multimedia capability. Perhaps the primary benefit of using a PDA as the research platform for cochlear implants is that is easily adaptable to new and emerging technologies without the need to change or build new hardware.
Quarterly progress reports to the National Institutes of Health (contract N01-DC-6-0002)
| No. | Title | Date | Link |
| QPR1 | Filter implementation on the PDA and real-time LabVIEW implementation of a noise-band vocoder | April 1, 2006-June 30, 2006 | qpr1.pdf |
| QPR2 | EEG recording on the PDA and real-time LabVIEW implementation of a noise-band vocoder | July 1, 2006-Sept 30, 2006 | qpr2.pdf |
| QPR3 | C implementation of 16-channel noiseband vocoder, wireless approach | Oct 2006- Dec 2006 | qpr3.pdf |
| QPR4 | Cortical auditory evoked potential (CAEP) recordings on the PDA | Jan 1, 2007 - March 30, 2007 | qpr4.pdf |
| QPR5 | Interface board development for Freedom cochlear implant, single-channel stimulator for animal studies and post-processing of CAEPs | April 1, 2007 - June 30, 2007 |
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| QPR6 | ACE implementation, modifications to the SDIO interface board | July 1, 2007 - September 30, 2007 | qpr6.pdf |
| QPR7 | Design of 8-channel stimulator for animal studies, SDIO board (v. 2) | October 1, 2007 - December 31 2007 | qpr7.pdf |
| QPR8 | Testing signal acquisition circuit of SDIO board (v. 2), improvements to filtering | January 1, 2008 - March 31 2008 | qp8.pdf |
| QPR9 | Final PDA prototype, beamforming implementation for bilateral studies | April 1, 2008 - June 20, 2008 | qpr9.pdf |
Publications
S. Guo, H. Lee and P. Loizou (2008) “A 9-bit configurable current source with enhanced output resistance for cochlear stimulators,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, San Jose, CA, Sep. 2008.
Ramachandran, R. and Loizou, P. (2007). “Real-time pitch detection on the PDA for cochlear implant applications,” IEEE Dallas Engineering in Medicine and Biology Workshop, November 11-12, 2007.
Peddigari, V., Kehtarnavaz, N. and Loizou, P. (2007). “Real-time LabVIEW implementation of cochlear implant signal processing on PDA platforms,” Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Signal, Acoust. Speech Proc, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Lobo, A., Loizou, P., Kehtarnavaz, N., Torlak, M., Lee, H., Sharma, A. Gilley, P., Peddigari, V. and Ramanna, L. (2007). “A PDA-based research platform for cochlear implants,” to appear in 3rd International EMBS Conference on Neuroengineering, Hawaii, May 2007.
Lobo, A., Loizou, P., Kehtarnavaz, N., Torlak, M., Lee, H., Sharma, A. Gilley, P., Peddigari, V. and Ramanna, L. (2007). “A portable research platform for cochlear implants,” Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses (CIAP), Lake Tahoe, CA, July 15-July 20.