Usage

[results] = kelvasa2015(insig,fs,varargin);

KELVASA2015(insig,fs) implements the ACE signal processing strategy upon the two channel input signal to produce bilateral electrodograms. This is further processed through an electrode nerve interface to generate spike times of a population of AN neurons. A chosen localization model from Kelvasa and Dietz 2015 is then used to map the two channel (right and left) outputs to a predicted azimuthal position.

Input parameters

Output parameters

The output structure "results" has the following fields:

electrodogramCHAN1 :

[NxM] matrix of CI electrode current output in mA(???) with N = number of CI electrodes and M = time

APvecCHAN1 :

[Nx2] matrix of [Nx1] indices of spiking AN fibers [Nx2] spike times in seconds

electrodogramCHAN2 :

same but for second channel

APvecCHAN2 :

same but for second channel

SpkSumPerBin :

[NxM] matrix of Right and Left Spike Rate differences in spikes per second with N = number of AN frequency bands and M = time bins

SpkDiffPerBin :

same but for Right and Left spike rate differences

ANbinPredictions :

[NxM] matrix of azimuthal angle bin predictions in degrees with N= number of AN frequency bands and M = time bins

weightedPredictions :

[1xM] matrix of bin weighted azimuthal angle bin predictions in degrees with M = time bins

mappingData :

Structure containing data used to calibrate and implement the chosen localization model as detailed in kelvasa2015calibratemodels.m

The steps of the binaural model to calculate the result are the following :

1) Process two channel input signal through a CI strategy as detailed in (Hamacher, 2003) and (Fredelake and Hohmann, 2012) to produce bilateral electrodograms.

2) Process electrodogram through an electrode nerve interface and auditory nerve model as detailed in (Fredelake and Hohmann, 2012)

3) Compute bilateral spike rate differences over chosen AN frequency bands and time windows as detailed in (Kelvasa and Dietz, 2015)

4) Calibrate the chosen localization model with a chosen calibration signal. This step can take several hours so preProcessed calibration is loaded for "Speech Shaped Noise" at 55dB as detailed in (Kelvasa and Dietz, 2015)

5) Map the spike rate differences for each AN frequency band to a predicted azimuthal angle using the chosen localization model as detailed in (Kelvasa and Dietz, 2015)