Predictions of Speech Chimaera Intelligibility Using Auditory Nerve Mean-Rate and Spike-Timing Neural Cues.

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Published in J Assoc Res Otolaryngol on July 26, 2017

Authors

Michael R Wirtzfeld1, Rasha A Ibrahim1, Ian C Bruce2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, L8S 4K1, ON, Canada.
2: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, L8S 4K1, ON, Canada. ibruce@ieee.org.

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