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ABOUT THE GROUP
The RLE Sensory Communication Group investigates topics in three broad areas: hearing aids, the tactile communication of speech, and auditory perception and cognition. The long term goal of the hearing aid research conducted in the group is to develop improved hearing aids for people suffering from
sensorineural hearing impairments and cochlear implants for the deaf. Efforts are focused on problems resulting from inadequate knowledge of the effects of various transformations of speech signals on speech reception by impaired listeners, specifically on the fundamental limitations on the improvements in speech reception that can be achieved by
processing speech. The long term goal of the tactile communication research conductedf by the group is to develop tactual aids for persons who are profoundly deaf or deaf-blind to serve as a substitute for hearing in the reception of speech and environmental
sounds. This research can contribute to improved speech reception and production, language competence, and environmental-sound recognition in such individuals.
CURRENT PROGRESS REPORT CHAPTERS
2006 | No. 148
Tactile Communication of Speech
2006 | No. 148
Hearing Aid Research
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CURRENT RLE AT MIT NEWS ARTICLES
2003 May Issue 3
Rising Stars: Andrew J. Oxenham and Linda E. Sugiyama
CURRENT GROUP NEWS
04.02.2004
Ms. Irina S. Sigalovsky and Dr. Hanfeng Yuan will share the Helen Carr Peake Research Prize for 2004
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