Speech processing studies using an acoustic model of a multiple-channel cochlear implant

The speech perception of two multiple-channel cochlear implant patients was compared with that of three normally hearing listeners using an acoustic model of the implant for 22 different speech tests. The tests used included a minimal auditory capabilities battery, both closed-set and open-set word and sentence tests, speech tracking and a 12-consonant confusion study using nonsense syllables. The acoustic model represented electrical current pulses by bursts of noise and the effects of different electrodes were represented by using bandpass filters with different center frequencies. All subjects used a speech processor that coded the fundamental voicing frequency of speech as a pulse rate and the second formant frequency of speech as the electrode position in the cochlea, or the center frequency of the bandpass filter. Very good agreement was found for the two groups of subjects, indicating that the acoustic model is a useful tool for the development and evaluation of alternative cochlear implant speech processing strategies.     

Underlying dimensions and individual differences in auditory, visual, and auditory-visual vowel perception by hearing-impaired children

Vowel perception studies were conducted on a group of four adolescent children with congenital profound sensorineural hearing impairments in the three conditions of audition alone, vision alone, and audition plus vision. Data were analyzed using the ALSCAL multidimensional scaling procedure to identify the underlying dimensions and individual differences in dimension emphasis. The three dimensions obtained from the analysis of data for the audition alone condition were interpreted as the parameters of first and second formant frequencies, and vowel length. The one dimension for the vision alone condition was interpreted as the parameter of the width of the internal lip opening. The three dimensions for the audition plus vision condition were interpreted as the parameters of first formant frequency, vowel length, and the width of the internal lip opening. Subject variations in parameter preferences were observed for the audition alone and audition plus vision conditions but not for the vision alone condition.     

A novel comparative molecule/pseudo receptor interaction analysis

Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) becomes an important tool in the modern basic chemis- try. In the 1960s, Hansch et al.[1] proposed Hansch- Fujita method to express the relationships between ac- tivities and parameters. Free et al.[2] d…     

服装工厂工时定额的测定与分析

浮余率和纯加工时间是制定服装生产工时定额的重要参数。本文就有关的观测方法与公式应用进行了探讨。通过对服装工厂工时定额的实测与比较,分析了定额出现差异的原因,并指出了利用工时定额研究以促进服装生产效率提高的途径。     

域D＝｛z＝（z_1，z_2）∈C~2：｜z_1｜＋｜z_2｜＜1｝的解析自同

给出了域Ｄ＝｛ｚ＝（ｚ＿１，ｚ＿２）∈Ｃ＿２：｜ｚ＿１｜＋｜ｚ＿２｜＜１｝上的Ｂｅｒｇｍａｎ核函数及其解析自同构最大群。     

GaAs压电物性的研究

较详细地讨论了GaAs压电效应的起源。有3种不同的机制对压电效应有贡献.这些机制是离子电荷的内部位移、电子电荷的内部位移和由于应变引起的离子性的变化.推导出了任意晶体取向压电常数张量的表达式,证明了,对正应力而言,GaAs〈111〉方向有最强压电效应发生,且Ga原子呈负电性,而As原子则呈正电性.     

值得适当考虑的职称评退问题

为进一步完善职称评聘工作中的有关细则和执行办法,本文根据图书馆界近年来,职称评聘工作中,名额、成果、贡献等一些实际问题,提出了在职称评聘中应该适当考虑评退问题的建议。     

High repetition rate pulsed laser of twin wavelengths from KTiOPO4 optical parametric oscillation

In this paper, some key techniques of KTiOPO_4 optical parametric oscillation (OPO) laser with repetitive frequencies and twin wavelengths output have been analysed theoretically and studied experimentally in detail. An intracavity optical parametric oscillator (IOPO) has been applied. Operating under 20Hz, laser output energy of more than 38mJ with twin wavelengths 1.57μm and 1.06μm has been achieved. Results of the experiments agree well with the theoretical discussion.     

不稳定晶格的能带计算

由于导电高分子是宽能带体系,紧束缚近似下的Su-Schrieffer-Heeger(缩写为SSH)模型存在一系列问题,需要加以改进才能满意地研究导电高分子的一维晶格的不稳定性。本工作将稳定晶格的Wannier函数方法加以推广,用来计算不稳定晶格的电子能带。数值结果表明,本方法的收敛性很快,取到三近邻时,能带的准确度可优于1％。同时能很精确地确定不稳定性所引起的二聚化。 关键词：