Auditory Prosthetic Group

Die Auditory Prosthetic Group des Deutschen Hörzentrums, Teil der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover, forscht auf dem Gebiet der Signalverarbeitung und auditiven Modellierung von implantierbaren Hörprothesen, einschließlich Cochlea-Implantaten und hybriden elektroakustischen Stimulationsgeräten. Die Gruppe ist sehr interdisziplinär und deckt die Bereiche Akustik, Signalverarbeitung, Hörmodelle und Psychophysik ab.

Die Gruppe startete im September 2013 im Rahmen des Exzellenzclusters Hearing4all.

Forschung

Signalverarbeitung für Cochlea-Implantate
  • Binaurale Signalverarbeitungsstrategien zur Verbesserung der Sprachverständlichkeit und Klanglokalisierung
  • Kodierung von elektrischen Stimulationsmustern für die bilaterale drahtlose Kommunikation
  • Untersuchung der Wirkung bilateral synchronisierter elektrischer Stimulation
  • Verbesserung der interauralen Hinweise zur Verbesserung des räumlichen Gehörs
  • Binaurale Sprachverarbeitung basierend auf Deep-Learning-Modellen
Deep Learning
  • Automatische Verbesserung der Gesangsstimme basierend auf tiefen neuronalen Netzen
  • Echtzeit-Musikverarbeitung zur Verbesserung der Musikwahrnehmung
  • End-to-End-Sprachkodierungs- und Rauschunterdrückungsstrategien für Cochlea-Implantate
  • Klassisches Musik-Remixing mit neuronalen Multi-Head-Netzwerken
  • Vom Gehirn informierte Trennung von Musikquellen
Musik und Cochlea-Implantate

Trennung von Musikquellen mit tiefen neuronalen Netze

Musikbeispiele des Real-time Music Source Separation Experiments. In diesem Experiment wurde ein mehrschichtiges Perzeptron verwendet, um die Gesangsstimme von der instrumentalen Begleitung zu trennen, um den Musiktitel zu remixen. Es hat sich gezeigt, dass CI-Anwender Musik mehr genießen, wenn die Singstimme in Bezug auf die Hintergrundinstrumente verstärkt wird. Unsere Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass CI-Anwender Musik mehr genießen, wenn die Gesangsstimme in Bezug auf die Hintergrundbegleitung um 8 dB verbessert wird.

MusIC: Musik für Anwender von Cochlea-Implantaten zugänglicher machen
  • Verbesserung der Singstimme von Musik zur Verbesserung der Musikwahrnehmung für CI-Benutzer
  • Echtzeit-Trennung von Musikquellen zur Verbesserung der Gesangsstimme
  • Parametrisierung von CI-Soundcodierungsstrategien für Gesangsmusik
  • Sound Coding Strategy für Musik
Music4u
  • Schwierig, komplexe Musik wie z.B. klassische Stücke für CI-Nutzer zu genießen
  • Untersuchung, welche musikalische Komponente (d.h. Melodie) in instrumentaler klassischer Musik CI-Nutzer verbessern wollen
  • Testen, ob eine selektive Aufmerksamkeitsdekodierung für CI-Anwender möglich ist
  • Einspeisung von EEG-Daten in neuronale Netze, um die Quellentrennung der betreuten Schallquelle zu verbessern
GRUPPENLEITUNG
Prof. Dr. -Ing.
Waldo Nogueira
Gruppenleitung
Klinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde
Nina Aldag
PhD Student
Jonas Althoff
PhD Student
Franklin Alvarez
PhD Student
Hanna Dolhopiatenko
PhD Student
Tom Gajecki
PhD Student
Patrick Hinz
PhD Student
Daniel Kipping
PhD Student
Dr.-Ing.
Benjamin Krüger
Research Engineer

2021

A sound coding strategy based on a temporal masking model for cochlear implants Kludt E, Nogueira W, Lenarz T, Büchner A PlosOne 8;16(1):e0244433. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244433.

A subjective and objective evaluation of a codec for the electrical stimulation patterns of cochlear implants Hinrichs R, Gajecki T, Ostermann J, Nogueira W The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 149, 1324.

Amplitude growth functions of auditory nerve responses to electric pulse stimulation with varied inter-phase gaps in cochlear implant users with ipsilateral residual hearing Imsiecke, A. Büchner, T. Lenarz, W. Nogueira (2021). Trends in Hearing (Accepted).

Assessing the relationship between neural health measures and speech performance with parallel electrical stimulation in Cochlear Implant listeners Langner F, Arenberg JG, Büchner A, Nogueira W (Unde Review).

Effect of Channel Interaction on Vocal Cue Perception in cochlear implant users. Nogueira W, El Boghdady N, Gaudrain E, Baskent D Ear and Hearing (Under Review).

 

 

2021

Localization of Cochlear Implant Electrode Contacts using Particle Belief Propagation on Cone Beam Computer Tomography Data-Sets Hachmann H, Krüger B, Rosenhahn B, Nogueira W IEE ISBI

Phantom Stimulation for Cochlear Implant Users with Residual Low-Frequency Hearing, Ear and Hearing, Krüger B, Büchner A, Nogueira W Ear and Hearing, (Under Review).

The Effect of Synchronized Linked Band Selection on Speech Intelligibility of Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users Gajecki T, Nogueira W Hearing Research (Under Review).

Amount of frequency compression in bimodal cochlear implant users is a poor predictor for audibility and spatial hearing, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Sharma S, van Wanrooij MM, van Opstal AJ, Chalupper J, Mens LHM, Nogueira W Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. (Under Review).

2020

The Effect of Synchronized Linked Band Selection on Speech Intelligibility of Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users Gajecki T, Nogueira W. Hearing Research, 2020.

The role of electroneural versus electrophonic stimulation on psychoacoustic electric-acoustic masking in cochlear implant users with residual hearing. Kipping D, Krüger B, Nogueira W. Hearing Research 395, 108036. Epub 2020 Sep 15.

Design and Evaluation of a Real-Time Audio Source Separation Algorithm to Remix Music for Cochlear Implant Users. Tahmasebi S, Gajȩcki T, Nogueira W. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 14, 434. doi: 110.3389/fnins.2020.00434. Epub 2020 May 14.

Psychoacoustic and electrophysiological electric-acoustic interaction effects in cochlear implant users with ipsilateral residual hearing. Imsiecke M, Büchner A, Lenarz T, Nogueira W. Hear Res. 2020 Feb; 386:107873. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2019.107873. Epub 2019 Dec 18.

Psychoacoustic and electrophysiological electric-acoustic interaction effects in cochlear implant users with ipsilateral residual hearing. Imsiecke M, Büchner A, Lenarz T, Nogueira W. Hear Res. 2020 Feb;386:107873. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2019.107873. Epub 2019 Dec 18.

Toward Decoding Selective Attention From Single-Trial EEG Data in Cochlear Implant Users. Nogueira W, Cosatti G, Schierholz I, Egger M, Mirkovic B, Büchner A. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2020 Jan;67(1):38-49. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2019.2907638. Epub 2019 Mar 26.

Electric-acoustic interaction measurements in cochlear-implant users with ipsilateral residual hearing using electrocochleography. Krüger B, Büchner A, Lenarz T, Nogueira W. J Acoust Soc Am. 2020 Jan;147(1):350. doi: 10.1121/10.0000577.

Perception and prediction of loudness in sound coding strategies using simultaneous electric stimulation F. Langner, C. M. McKay, A. Büchner, W. Nogueira (2020)., Hearing Research, 398, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2020.108091.Code.

Evaluation of an adaptive dynamic compensation system in Cochlear Implant listeners F. Langner, A. Büchner, W. Nogueira (2020). Trends in Hearing, doi:10.1177/2331216520970349.

Effect of spectral contrast enhancement on speech-on-speech intelligibility and voice cue sensitivity in cochlear implant users El Boghdady, W. Nogueira, E. Gaudrain, D. Baskent (2020). Ear and Hearing, doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000936.

Amplitude growth of intracochlear electrocochleography in cochlear implant users with residual hearing B. Krüger, A. Büchner, T. Lenarz, W. Nogueira The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 147, 1147, https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0000744.

Implantable Neuroamplifer for ECoG using Flexible and Biocompatible Technology Marcoleta JP, Nogueira W, Becerra Yoma N, Wuth J, Jakimovski F., Fuenzalida VM, Doll T. Physica Status Solidi A: Applications and Materials Science, https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201900830.

Distributed mixed signal demultiplexer for electrocorticography electrodes Marcoleta JP, Nogueira W, Doll T Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, 6, 055006.

2019
Interaction Between Electric and Acoustic Stimulation Influences Speech Perception in Ipsilateral EAS Users. Imsiecke M, Krüger B, Büchner A, Lenarz T,Nogueira W. Ear Hear. 2019 Oct 7. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000807. [Epub ahead of print]

Towards Decoding Selective Attention in Normal Hearing Listeners and Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users With Concealed Ear EEG. Nogueira W, Dolhopiatenko H, Schierholz I, Büchner A, Mirkovic B, Bleichner MG, Debener S. Front Neurosci. 2019 Jul 18;13:720. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00720. eCollection 2019.

Making Music More Accessible for Cochlear Implant Listeners: Recent Developments Nogueira W, A. Nagathil and R. Martin IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 36, 1, 115-127.

Decoding Selective Attention in Normal Hearing Listeners and Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users with Concealed Ear EEG Nogueira W, Dolhopiatenko H, Schierholz I, Buechner A, Mirkovic B, Bleichner MG , Debener S Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13:720.

Artificial Speech Bandwidth Extension Improves Telephone Speech Intelligibility Nogueira W, Abel J, Fingscheidt T Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 145,3, 1640-1649.

Psychoacoustic and Electrophysiological Electric-Acoustic Interaction Effects in Cochlear Implant Users with Ipsilateral Residual Hearing Imsiecke M, Büchner A, Lenarz T, Nogueira W Hearing Research, 386, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2019.107873.

2018
Electric-acoustic forward masking in cochlear implant users with ipsilateral residual hearing. Imsiecke M, Krüger B, Büchner A, Lenarz T, Nogueira W. Hear Res. 2018 Jul;364:25-37. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.04.003. Epub 2018 Apr 9.

The effects of electrical field spatial spread and some cognitive factors on speech-in-noise performance of individual cochlear implant users-A computer model study. Jürgens T, Hohmann V, Büchner A, Nogueira W. Hear Res. 2018 Mar;359:64-75. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2017.12.019. Epub 2017 Dec 28.

Perceptual changes with monopolar and phantom electrode stimulation. Klawitter S, Landsberger DM, Büchner A, Nogueira W. PLoS One. 2018 Apr 13;13(4):e0193842. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193842. eCollection 2018.

A Synchronized Binaural N-of-M Sound Coding Strategy to Improve Speech Intelligibility in Noise of Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users Gajecki T, Nogueira W**. ITG Speech Communication, 2018.

Flexible High Density Active Neural Implants combining a Distributed Multiplexing Transceiver Architecture with Biocompatible Technology J. P. Marcoleta, W. Nogueira, U. Floriep, T. Doll Physica Status Solidi A: Applications and Materials Science, 215, 15, https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201700134.

Deep Learning Models to Remix Music for Cochlear Implant Users T. Gajecki and W. Nogueira Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 143, 3602.

Contralateral Suppression of Human Hearing Sensitivity in Single-sided Deaf Cochlear Implant Users W. Nogueira, B. Krüger, A. Büchner, E. Lopez-Poveda Hearing Research,373, 121-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2018.06.001

Spike-conducting integrate-and-fire model G. Ashida, W. Nogueira eNeuro 27 August 2018, ENEURO.0112-18.2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0112-18.2018.

2017
**Environmental sound recognition using short-time feature aggregation G. Roma, P. Herrera, W. Nogueira Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, 1-19, doi:10.1007/s10844-017-0481-4.

Simultaneous masking between electric and acoustic stimulation in cochlear implant users with residual low-frequency hearing. Krüger B, Büchner A, Nogueira W. Hear Res. 2017 Jun 30. pii: S0378-5955(17)30042-4. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2017.06.014. [Epub ahead of print]

Adding simultaneous stimulating channels to reduce power consumption in cochlear implants. Langner F, Saoji AA, Büchner A, Nogueira W. Hear Res. 2017 Mar;345:96-107. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2017.01.010. Epub 2017 Jan 16.

Loudness and pitch perception using Dynamically Compensated Virtual Channels. Nogueira W, Litvak LM, Landsberger DM, Büchner A. Hear Res. 2017 Feb;344:223-234. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2016.11.017. Epub 2016 Dec 7.

Development of a parametric model of the electrically stimulated auditory nerve **Nogueira W, Ashida G. Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, Springer Verlag, 84: 349-362.

2016
Validation of a Cochlear Implant Patient-Specific Model of the Voltage Distribution in a Clinical Setting. Nogueira W, Schurzig D, Büchner A, Penninger RT, Würfel W. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2016 Nov 23;4:84.eCollection 2016.

Spectral contrast enhancement improves speech intelligibility in noise for cochlear implants. Nogueira W, Rode T, Büchner A. J Acoust Soc Am. 2016 Feb;139(2):728-39. doi: 10.1121/1.4939896.

Optimization of a Spectral Contrast Enhancement Algorithm for Cochlear Implants Based on a Vowel Identification Model. Nogueira W, Rode T, Büchner A. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2016;894:93-104. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-25474-6_11.

Remixing music using source separation algorithms to improve the musical experience of cochlear implant users Pons J, Rode T, Janer J, Nogueira W. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140, 6:4338.

Effects of age on long term memory for degraded speech C. Thiel, J. Özyurt, W. Nogueira**, S. Puschmann Front. Hum. Neuroscience, 10.

2015
Evaluation of a Transient Noise Reduction Algorithm in Cochlear Implant Users. Dyballa KH, Hehrmann P, Hamacher V, Nogueira W, Lenarz T, Büchner A. Audiol Res. 2015 Jun 11;5(2):116. doi: 10.4081/audiores.2015.116. eCollection 2015 Jun 11.

Stimulating on multiple electrodes can improve temporal pitch perception. Penninger RT, Kludt E, Büchner A, Nogueira W. Int J Audiol. 2015 Jun;54(6):376-83. doi: 10.3109/14992027.2014.997313. Epub 2015 Jan 29.

Design and evaluation of a cochlear implant strategy based on a "Phantom" channel. Nogueira W, Litvak LM, Saoji AA, Büchner A. PLoS One. 2015 Mar 25;10(3):e0120148. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120148. eCollection 2015.

2011
Use of hearing aid preprocessing techniques with cochlear implant users W. Nogueira, L. Hoepner, V. Hamacher, Th. Lenarz, A. Buechner International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 75, issue (May, 2011): 94. ISSN: 0165-5876 DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(11)70482-7, Elsevier Science.

2010
Speech Recognition Technology in CI Rehabilitation Nogueira W, Vanpoucke F, Dykmans P, De Raeve L, Van Hamme H, Roelens J (2010). Cochlear Implant International, 11, 1: 449-453.

2009
**Signal Processing Strategies based on Current Steering for Cochlear Implants Nogueira W, Litvak L, Edler B, Ostermann J, Buechner A (2009). EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, Special Issue on Hearing Instrumentation, 531213.

2007
Results from a Psychoacoustic Model-based Strategy for the N-24 and Freedom Cochlear Implants Buechner A, Nogueira W, Edler B, Battmer R. D. , Lenarz Th. Otology and Neurotology, 29, 2:189-92.

Current Steering and Results From Novel Speech Coding Strategies Buechner A, Brendel M, Krüeger B, Frohne-Büchner C, Nogueira W, Edler B, Lenarz T Otol Neurotol., 29, 2:203-207.

2005
A Psychoacoustic "NofM"-type Speech Coding Strategy for Cochlear Implants. Nogueira W, Buechner A, Lenarz T, Edler B. Journal on Applied Signal Processing, Special Issue on DSP in Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants, 127, 18, 3044-3059.

 

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Schlagwörter
Electric Acoustic Interaction EAS-Masking & Modeling, EEG Neural Tracking, Music Signal Processing, Binaural Sound Coding Strategies,
Kontakt

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Waldo Nogueira

+49 (0)511 532 8025

Nogueiravazquez.waldo(at)mh-hannover.de

VIANNA - APG Lab - Auditory Prosthetic Group

Deutsches Hörzentrum
Karl-Wiechert-Allee 3
30625 Hannover

 

 

Specials

2022

Prof. Waldo Nogueira Vazques, Experte für Hörprothetik erhält renommierten ERC-Förderpreis der Europäischen Union

Für sein Projekt „READIHEAR “ erhält der Wissenschaftler den „ERC Consolidator Grant“ des Europäischen Forschungsrates (European Research Council, ERC), eine der höchsten für Exzellenz vorgesehene Wissenschaftsförderungen der Europäischen Union. Er wird über fünf Jahre mit insgesamt rund zwei Millionen Euro unterstützt.

Weitere Zusatzinfos

Ongoing Projects
2021
music4u: Funding source: DFG Individual Grant
music4all Funding source: DFG Cluster of Excellence Hering4all
MTALK Funding source: Oticon Medical
BiMoFuse Funding source: William Demant Fundation
Finalized Projects

2018
Coding of Excitation Patterns Funding source: DFG Individual Grant

2017
Electrode Nerve Interface Funding source: DFG Individual Grant
Electric Acoustic Stimulation Funding source: MED-EL

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