Individualised and self-adapting sound processing for cochlear implants

Project Information

ISIFit

Grant agreement ID: 637424

DOI

10.3030/637424

Project closed

EC signature date 27 April 2015

Start date 1 November 2015

End date 30 April 2021

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 734 360,00

EU contribution

€ 1 734 360,00

Coordinated by

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Belgium

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (39)

From modulated noise to natural speech: The effect of stimulus parameters on the envelope following response

Author(s): Jana Van Canneyt, Jan Wouters, Tom Francart
Published in: Hearing Research, Issue 393, 2020, Page(s) 107993, ISSN 0378-5955
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2020.107993

EEG-based diagnostics of the auditory system using cochlear implant electrodes as sensors

Author(s): Ben Somers, Christopher J. Long, Tom Francart
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 11/1, 2021, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84829-y

EEG-based detection of the locus of auditory attention with convolutional neural networks

Author(s): Servaas Vandecappelle, Lucas Deckers, Neetha Das, Amir Hossein Ansari, Alexander Bertrand, Tom Francart
Published in: eLife, Issue 10, 2021, ISSN 2050-084X
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications
DOI: 10.7554/elife.56481

Linear versus deep learning methods for noisy speech separation for EEG-informed attention decoding

Author(s): Neetha Das, Jeroen Zegers, Hugo Van hamme, Tom Francart, Alexander Bertrand
Published in: Journal of Neural Engineering, Issue 17/4, 2020, Page(s) 046039, ISSN 1741-2552
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/aba6f8

A framework for computational modelling of interaural time difference discrimination of normal and hearing-impaired listeners

Author(s): Arturo Moncada-Torres, Suyash N. Joshi, Andreas Prokopiou, Jan Wouters, Bastian Epp, Tom Francart
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 144/2, 2018, Page(s) 940-954, ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/1.5051322

The effect of presentation level on spectrotemporal modulation detection

Author(s): Sara Magits, Arturo Moncada-Torres, Lieselot Van Deun, Jan Wouters, Astrid van Wieringen, Tom Francart
Published in: Hearing Research, Issue 371, 2019, Page(s) 11-18, ISSN 0378-5955
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.10.017

Temporal quantization deteriorates the discrimination of interaural time differences

Author(s): Benjamin Dieudonné, Mira Van Wilderode, Tom Francart
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 148/2, 2020, Page(s) 815-828, ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/10.0001759

Effect of number and placement of EEG electrodes on measurement of neural tracking of speech

Author(s): Jair Montoya-Martínez, Jonas Vanthornhout, Alexander Bertrand, Tom Francart
Published in: PLOS ONE, Issue 16/2, 2021, Page(s) e0246769, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246769

Predicting individual speech intelligibility from the cortical tracking of acoustic- and phonetic-level speech representations

Author(s): D. Lesenfants, J. Vanthornhout, E. Verschueren, L. Decruy, T. Francart
Published in: Hearing Research, Issue 380, 2019, Page(s) 1-9, ISSN 0378-5955
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2019.05.006

The effect of stimulus envelope shape on the auditory steady-state response

Author(s): Jana Van Canneyt, Michael Hofmann, Jan Wouters, Tom Francart
Published in: Hearing Research, Issue 380, 2019, Page(s) 22-34, ISSN 0378-5955
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2019.05.007

Fast EEG-based decoding of the directional focus of auditory attention using common spatial patterns

Author(s): Alexander Bertrand; Tom Francart; Simon Geirnaert
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Issue 12, 2020, Page(s) 1557-1568, ISSN 0018-9294
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.16.154450

The interplay of top-down focal attention and the cortical tracking of speech

Author(s): D. Lesenfants, T. Francart
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 10/1, 2020, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63587-3

Data-driven spatial filtering for improved measurement of cortical tracking of multiple representations of speech

Author(s): D Lesenfants, J Vanthornhout, E Verschueren, T Francart
Published in: Journal of Neural Engineering, Issue 16/6, 2019, Page(s) 066017, ISSN 1741-2552
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ab3c92

The effect of stimulus intensity on neural envelope tracking

Author(s): Eline Verschueren, Jonas Vanthornhout, Tom Francart
Published in: Hearing Research, Issue 403, 2021, Page(s) 108175, ISSN 0378-5955
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2021.108175

Effect of Task and Attention on Neural Tracking of Speech

Author(s): Jonas Vanthornhout, Lien Decruy, Tom Francart
Published in: Frontiers in Neuroscience, Issue 13, 2019, ISSN 1662-453X
Publisher: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00977

Speech Intelligibility Predicted from Neural Entrainment of the Speech Envelope

Author(s): Jonas Vanthornhout, Lien Decruy, Jan Wouters, Jonathan Z. Simon, Tom Francart
Published in: Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Issue 19/2, 2018, Page(s) 181-191, ISSN 1525-3961
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-018-0654-z

Head shadow enhancement with low-frequency beamforming improves sound localization and speech perception for simulated bimodal listeners

Author(s): Benjamin Dieudonné, Tom Francart
Published in: Hearing Research, Issue 363, 2018, Page(s) 78-84, ISSN 0378-5955
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.03.007

Predicting phoneme and word recognition in noise using a computational model of the auditory periphery

Author(s): Arturo Moncada-Torres, Astrid van Wieringen, Ian C. Bruce, Jan Wouters, Tom Francart
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 141/1, 2017, Page(s) 300-312, ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/1.4973569

Auditory-Inspired Speech Envelope Extraction Methods for Improved EEG-Based Auditory Attention Detection in a Cocktail Party Scenario

Author(s): Wouter Biesmans, Neetha Das, Tom Francart, Alexander Bertrand
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Issue 25/5, 2017, Page(s) 402-412, ISSN 1534-4320
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2016.2571900

A generic EEG artifact removal algorithm based on the multi-channel Wiener filter

Author(s): Ben Somers, Tom Francart, Alexander Bertrand
Published in: Journal of Neural Engineering, Issue 15/3, 2018, Page(s) 036007, ISSN 1741-2560
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/aaac92

The Self-Assessed Békesy Procedure: Validation of a Method to Measure Intelligibility of Connected Discourse

Author(s): Lien Decruy, Neetha Das, Eline Verschueren, Tom Francart
Published in: Trends in Hearing, Issue 22, 2018, Page(s) 233121651880270, ISSN 2331-2165
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
DOI: 10.1177/2331216518802702

Desynchronisation of auditory steady-state responses related to changes in interaural phase differences: an objective measure of binaural hearing

Author(s): Charlotte Vercammen, Astrid van Wieringen, Jan Wouters, Tom Francart
Published in: International Journal of Audiology, Issue 56/7, 2017, Page(s) 464-471, ISSN 1499-2027
Publisher: B.C. Decker Inc.
DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2017.1288304

Neural tracking of the speech envelope in cochlear implant users

Author(s): Ben Somers, Eline Verschueren, Tom Francart
Published in: Journal of Neural Engineering, Issue 16/1, 2019, Page(s) 016003, ISSN 1741-2560
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/aae6b9

Redundant Information Is Sometimes More Beneficial Than Spatial Information to Understand Speech in Noise

Author(s): Benjamin Dieudonné, Tom Francart
Published in: Ear and Hearing, Issue 40/3, 2019, Page(s) 545-554, ISSN 0196-0202
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ltd.
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000660

Evidence for enhanced neural tracking of the speech envelope underlying age-related speech-in-noise difficulties

Author(s): Lien Decruy, Jonas Vanthornhout, Tom Francart
Published in: Journal of Neurophysiology, Issue 122/2, 2019, Page(s) 601-615, ISSN 0022-3077
Publisher: American Physiological Society
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00687.2018

Interaural Time Difference Perception with a Cochlear Implant and a Normal Ear

Author(s): Tom Francart, Konstantin Wiebe, Thomas Wesarg
Published in: Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Issue 19/6, 2018, Page(s) 703-715, ISSN 1525-3961
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-018-00697-w

EEG-based auditory attention detection: boundary conditions for background noise and speaker positions

Author(s): Neetha Das, Alexander Bertrand, Tom Francart
Published in: Journal of Neural Engineering, Issue 15/6, 2018, Page(s) 066017, ISSN 1741-2560
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/aae0a6

Neural envelope tracking as a measure of speech understanding in cochlear implant users

Author(s): Eline Verschueren, Ben Somers, Tom Francart
Published in: Hearing Research, Issue 373, 2019, Page(s) 23-31, ISSN 0378-5955
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.12.004

Stimulus-aware spatial filtering for single-trial neural response and temporal response function estimation in high-density EEG with applications in auditory research

Author(s): Neetha Das, Jonas Vanthornhout, Tom Francart, Alexander Bertrand
Published in: NeuroImage, Issue 204, 2020, Page(s) 116211, ISSN 1053-8119
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116211

The effect of head-related filtering and ear-specific decoding bias on auditory attention detection

Author(s): Neetha Das, Wouter Biesmans, Alexander Bertrand, Tom Francart
Published in: Journal of Neural Engineering, Issue 13/5, 2016, Page(s) 056014, ISSN 1741-2560
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/13/5/056014

The Effect of Stimulus Choice on an EEG-Based Objective Measure of Speech Intelligibility

Author(s): Eline Verschueren, Jonas Vanthornhout, Tom Francart
Published in: Ear & Hearing, Issue 41/6, 2020, Page(s) 1586-1597, ISSN 0196-0202
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ltd.
DOI: 10.1097/aud.0000000000000875

Neural tracking of the fundamental frequency of the voice: The effect of voice characteristics

Author(s): Jana Van Canneyt, Jan Wouters, Tom Francart
Published in: European Journal of Neuroscience, 2021, ISSN 0953-816X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15229

An Interpretable Performance Metric for Auditory Attention Decoding Algorithms in a Context of Neuro-Steered Gain Control

Author(s): Geirnaert, Simon; Francart, Tom; Bertrand, Alexander
Published in: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL SYSTEMS AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING, Issue 13, 2020, ISSN 1534-4320
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1101/745695

Hearing impairment is associated with enhanced neural tracking of the speech envelope

Author(s): Lien Decruy, Jonas Vanthornhout, Tom Francart
Published in: Hearing Research, Issue 393, 2020, Page(s) 107961, ISSN 0378-5955
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2020.107961

Enhanced neural tracking of the fundamental frequency of the voice

Author(s): Jana Vancanneyt, Jan Wouters, Tom Francart
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2021, Page(s) 1-1, ISSN 0018-9294
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2021.3080123

Top‐down modulation of neural envelope tracking: The interplay with behavioral, self‐report and neural measures of listening effort

Author(s): Lien Decruy, Damien Lesenfants, Jonas Vanthornhout, Tom Francart
Published in: European Journal of Neuroscience, Issue 52/5, 2020, Page(s) 3375-3393, ISSN 0953-816X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14753

Speech Understanding With Bimodal Stimulation Is Determined by Monaural Signal to Noise Ratios: No Binaural Cue Processing Involved

Author(s): Benjamin Dieudonné, Tom Francart
Published in: Ear & Hearing, Issue 41/5, 2020, Page(s) 1158-1171, ISSN 0196-0202
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ltd.
DOI: 10.1097/aud.0000000000000834

EEG-based Auditory Attention Decoding: Towards Neuro-Steered Hearing Devices

Author(s): Geirnaert, Simon; Vandecappelle, Servaas; Alickovic, Emina; de Cheveigné, Alain; Lalor, Edmund; Meyer, Bernd T.; Miran, Sina; Francart, Tom; Bertrand, Alexander
Published in: Ieee Signal Processing Magazine, Issue 9, 2021, ISSN 1053-5888
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Unsupervised Self-Adaptive Auditory Attention Decoding

Author(s): Simon Geirnaert, Tom Francart, Alexander Bertrand
Published in: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2021, Page(s) 1-1, ISSN 2168-2194
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/jbhi.2021.3075631

Conference proceedings (3)

Adaptive attention-driven speech enhancement for EEG-informed hearing prostheses

Author(s): Neetha Das, Simon Van Eyndhoven, Tom Francart, Alexander Bertrand
Published in: 2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2016, Page(s) 77-80, ISBN 978-1-4577-0220-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7590644

EEG-based Attention-Driven Speech Enhancement for Noisy Speech Mixtures Using N-fold Multi-Channel Wiener Filters

Author(s): Bertrand, Alexander; Das, Neetha; Francart, Tom; Van Eyndhoven, Simon
Published in: Conference proceedings of EUSIPCO, Kos island, Greece, 2017, Issue 1, 2018, Page(s) 1200-1204, ISBN 978-0-9928626-8-8
Publisher: EURASIP
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1159426

An LSTM Based Architecture to Relate Speech Stimulus to Eeg

Author(s): Mohammad Jalilpour Monesi, Bernd Accou, Jair Montoya-Martinez, Tom Francart, Hugo Van Hamme
Published in: ICASSP 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2020, Page(s) 941-945, ISBN 978-1-5090-6631-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icassp40776.2020.9054000

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Neural tracking of the speech envelope: unraveling the effects of listening effort, age and hearing impairment : Neurale tracking van de spraakomhullende: achterhalen van de effecten van luistermoeite, leeftijd en gehoorverlies

Author(s): Decruy, Lien
Published in: Issue 1, 2019
Publisher: Decruy, Lien

Intellectual Property Rights

Patent (1)

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A MEASURE OF SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY

Application/Publication number: 20 20077699
Date: 2020-10-02
Applicant(s): KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN