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IHCENVELOPE - Inner hair cell envelope extration

Program code:

function inoutsig = ihcenvelope(inoutsig,fs,varargin)
%IHCENVELOPE   Inner hair cell envelope extration
%   Usage:  outsig=ihcenvelope(insig,fs,methodname);
%
%   `ihcenvelope(insig,fs,methodname)` extract the envelope of an input signal
%   insig sampled with a sampling frequency of fs Hz. The envelope
%   extraction is performed by half-wave rectification followed by low pass
%   filtering. This is a common model of the signal transduction of the
%   inner hair cells.
%
%   The parameter `methodname` describes the kind of low pass filtering to
%   use. The name refers to a set of papers where in this particular
%   method has been utilized or studied. The options are
%
%     'ihc_bernstein'  Compute the Hilbert envelope, compress the envelope
%                      by raising it to the power .2, combine the envelope
%                      with the original fine-structure, half-wave rectify it, 
%                      square it and low-pass filter it with a cut-off
%                      frequency of 425 Hz. This method is defined in
%                      Bernstein (1999). Note that this method includes both a
%                      compression and an expansion stage.
%
%     'ihc_breebaart'  Use a 5th order filter with a cut-off frequency of 770
%                      Hz. This method is given in Breebaart (2001). Page
%                      94 in Breebart's thesis.
%
%     'ihc_dau'        Use a 2nd order Butterworth filter with a cut-off
%                      frequency of 1000 Hz. This method has been used in all
%                      models deriving from the original 1996 model by 
%                      Dau et. al. These models are mostly monaural in nature.
%
%     'hilbert'        Use the Hilbert envelope instead of the half-wave
%                      rectification and low pass filtering. This is not a
%                      releastic model of the inner hair envelope extraction
%                      process, but the option is included for
%                      completeness. The Hilbert envelope was first suggested
%                      for signal analysis in Gabor (1946).
%
%     'ihc_lindemann'  Use a 1st order Butterworth filter with a cut-off
%                      frequency of 800 Hz. This method is defined in the
%                      Lindemann (1986a) paper.
%
%     'ihc_meddis'     Use the Meddis inner hair cell model.
%
%     'minlvl'         Set all values in the output equal to minlvl.
%                      This ensures that the output is non-negative and
%                      that further processing is not affected by
%                      unnaturally small values. The default value of []
%                      means to not do this.
%
%     'dim',d          Work along dimension d.
%
%   References: bernstein1999normalized breebaart2001a gabor1946 lindemann1986a dau1996qmeI
  

% ------ Checking of input parameters --------------------------------

if nargin<2
  error('Too few input parameters.');
end;


if ~isnumeric(inoutsig)
  error('%s: The input signal must be numeric.',upper(mfilename));
end;

if ~isnumeric(fs) || ~isscalar(fs) || fs<=0
  error('%s: fs must be a positive scalar.',upper(mfilename));
end;

definput.import = {'ihcenvelope'};
definput.keyvals.dim=[];

[flags,keyvals]  = ltfatarghelper({},definput,varargin);

% ------ Computation -------------------------------------------------

[inoutsig,siglen,dummy,nsigs,dim,permutedsize,order]=assert_sigreshape_pre(inoutsig,[],keyvals.dim, ...
                                                  upper(mfilename));

if flags.do_nodefault
  error(['%s: you must supply a flag to designate the IHC model to ' ...
         'use.'],upper(mfilename));
end;

if flags.do_ihc_bernstein
  % The computational trick mentioned in the Bernstein paper is used
  % here: Instead of raising the envelope to power .23 and combine with its
  % TFS, we raise it to power -.77, and combine with the original
  % signal. In this way we avoid computing the fine structure.
  inoutsig=max(abs(hilbert(inoutsig)).^(-.77).*inoutsig,0).^2;
  cutofffreq=425;
  [b, a] = butter(2, cutofffreq*2/fs);
  inoutsig = filter(b,a, inoutsig);
end;

if flags.do_ihc_breebaart
  inoutsig = max( inoutsig, 0 );
  cutofffreq=2000;
  [b, a] = butter(1, cutofffreq*2/fs);
  for ii=1:5
    inoutsig = filter(b,a, inoutsig);
  end;
end;

if flags.do_ihc_dau
  inoutsig = max( inoutsig, 0 );
  cutofffreq=1000;
  [b, a] = butter(2, cutofffreq*2/fs);
  inoutsig = filter(b,a, inoutsig);
end;

if flags.do_hilbert
  inoutsig = abs(hilbert(inoutsig));
end;

if flags.do_ihc_lindemann
  inoutsig = max( inoutsig, 0 );
  cutofffreq=800;
  [b, a] = butter(1, cutofffreq*2/fs);
  inoutsig = filter(b,a, inoutsig);
end;

if flags.do_ihc_meddis
  inoutsig = comp_meddishaircell(inoutsig, fs);
end;

if ~isempty(keyvals.minlvl)
  inoutsig = max( inoutsig, keyvals.minlvl );
end;

inoutsig=assert_sigreshape_post(inoutsig,dim,permutedsize,order);