Talks

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Conference Proceedings:

1.  Zeng, F.-G., Zhao, G.M., and Qin, Y.C. (1984). A portable digital heart-rate meter. Proceedings of the 5th China Biomedical Engineering Conference 20-22.

2.  Zeng, F.-G. (1986). A computer speech processing system and its applications.  Proceedings of the 7th China Biomedical Engineering Conference 2-20.

3.  Zeng, F.-G., Zhang, M., Mehrotra, K., Mohan, C., and Ranka, S. (1990). A neural network approach to prediction of psychological performance in frequency discrimination. Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Neural Networks 2, 361-366.

4.  Chung, K., Zeng, F.-G., and Wright, B. (1998). Detection and discrimination of amplitude modulated signals in noise.  Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics 2, 909-910.

5.  Galvin, J.J.  and Zeng, F.-G. (1998). Music instrument identification in cochlear implant listeners. Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics 3, 2219-2220.

6.  Zhang, C., and Zeng, F.-G. (1998). Loudness of dynamic stimuli in hearing-impaired listeners. Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics 4, 2615-2616.

7.  Zeng, F.-G. (2000). Auditory Neuropathy: Why some hearing-impaired listeners can hear but do not understand and how can DSP technology help them?  IEEE Signal Processing Society - Ninth DSP (DSP 2000) Workshop, October 15-18, 2000, Hunt, Texas. 

Presentations:

1.  Zeng, F.-G., and Turner, C.W. (1989). Fricative perception: Frication and transition cues. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 85(1), S137.  The 117th Meeting of ASA, Syracuse, New York.

2.  Zeng, F.-G., and Turner, C.W. (1989). On the difficulty of fricative perception by hearing-impaired subjects. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 85(1), S25.  The 117th meeting of ASA, Syracuse, New York.

3.  Zeng, F.-G., Turner, C.W., and Smith, R.L. (1990). Peripheral filter shape and central decision rule in frequency discrimination: A neural network approach. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 87(1), S23.  The 119th Meeting of ASA, State College, Pennsylvania.

4.  Zeng, F.-G., and Turner, C.W. (1990). A 2AFC adaptive procedure for loudness balance applied to normal hearing and hearing-impaired listeners. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 87(1), S156.  The 119th Meeting of ASA, State College, Pennsylvania.

5.  Zeng, F.-G., and Turner, C.W. (1990). Mechanisms of loudness recruitment in cochlear-impaired subjects.  ASHA October, 112.  The Annual Conference of American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Seattle, Washington.

6.  Zeng, F.-G., Turner, C.W., and Relkin, E.M. (1991). Low spontaneous-rate auditory neurons compared to high spontaneous-rate neurons: II. Contributions to intensity discrimination. Abstracts of the 14th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting D.J. Lim (Ed.), 128.  St. Petersburg, Florida.

7.  Zeng, F.-G., and Shannon, R.V. (1992). Forward-masked intensity discrimination in implant listeners with ipsilateral masker and in normal-hearing listeners with contralateral and binaural maskers. Abstracts of the 15th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting D.J. Lim (Ed.), 66.  St. Petersburg, Florida.

8.  Turner, C.W., Zeng, F.-G., and Relkin, E.M. (1992). Recovery from prior stimulation: Effects upon frequency discrimination. Abstracts of the 15th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting D.J. Lim (Ed.), 67.  St. Petersburg, Florida.

9.  Zeng, F.-G. (1992). Intensity coding using only low-spontaneous-rate auditory neurons. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 91, 4 (pt.2), 2398.  The 123rd Meeting of ASA, Salt Lake City, Utah.

10.  Zeng, F.-G. (1992). Loudness growth in forward masking.  The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 92, 4 (pt.2), 2363-2364.  The 124th Meeting of ASA, New Orleans, Louisiana.

11.  Zeng, F.-G., and Shannon, R.V. (1993). Loudness functions and intensity discrimination in electric stimulation. Abstracts of the 16th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, D.J. Lim (Ed.), 54, St. Petersburg, Florida.

12.  Zeng, F.-G., and Shannon, R.V. (1993). Loudness growth in electric stimulation. Proceedings of the 3rd International Cochlear Implant Conference Innsbruck, Austria.

13.  Otto, S., Mobley, P., Hong, T., and Zeng, F.-G. (1993).  Envelope-Modulated-Pulse processors for the auditory brainstem implant.  Proceedings of the 1993 Convention of American Academy of Audiology, 99, Phoenix, Arizona.

14.  Zeng, F.-G. (1993). Masking can explain the effects of notched noise on forward-masked intensity discrimination.  The Journal of Acoustical Society of America  93, 4 (pt. 2), 2409, The 125th Meeting of ASA, Ottawa, Canada.

15.  Shannon, R.V., Wygonski, J. and Zeng, F.-G. (1994). Mathematical and acoustic models of neural activation in cochlear implants. Abstracts of the 17th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, G.R. Popelka (Ed.), 143, St. Petersburg, Florida.

16.  Zeng, F.-G., and Shannon, R.V. (1994). A frequency-specific, double-logarithmic loudness model: Effects of low-frequency periodicity. Abstracts of the 17th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, G.R. Popelka (Ed.), 118, St. Petersburg, Florida.

17.  Shannon, R.V., Zeng, F.-G., Wygonski, J., Kamath, V., and Ekelid, M. (1994). Speech recognition with minimal spectral cues.  The Journal of Acoustical Society of America  95, 5 (pt.2), 2876, The 127th Meeting of ASA, Boston, Massachusetts.

18.  Zeng, F.-G., Lehmann, K.M., Soli, S.D., and Linthicum, F.H. (1994). Effects of vestibular neurectomy on intensity discrimination and speech perception in noise.  The Journal of Acoustical Society of America  95, 5 (pt.2), 2993-2994, The 127th Meeting of ASA, Boston, Massachusetts.

19.  Loeb, G.E., Shannon, R.V., Wilson, B.S., Zeng, F.-G., and Rebscher, S. (1994).  Design for an inexpensive but effective cochlear implant system.  International Cochlear Implants, Speech and Hearing Symposium P.181, Melbourne, Australia.

20.  Shannon, R.V., Zeng, F.-G., Wygonski, J., Kamath, V., and Ekelid, M. (1994). Acoustic simulation of cochlear implants.  International Cochlear Implants, Speech and Hearing Symposium P. 260, Melbourne, Australia.

21.  Zeng, F.-G. and Shannon, R.V. (1994).  Loudness of simple and complex stimuli in electric hearing.  International Cochlear Implants, Speech and Hearing Symposium P.320, Melbourne, Australia.

22.  Abdala, C., Sininger, Y.S., Ekelid, M., and Zeng, F.-G. (1995). Distortion product otoacoustic emission suppression tuning curves. Abstracts of the 18th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, G.R. Popelka (Ed.), 120, St. Petersburg, Florida.

23.  Zeng, F.-G., and Shannon, R.V. (1995). Dual temporal processing mechanisms in the auditory system. I. Evidence from gap detection in cochlear implant listeners. Abstracts of the 18th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, G.R. Popelka (Ed.), 179, St. Petersburg, Florida.

24.  Zhang, C.Y., and Zeng, F.-G. (1995). Dual temporal processing mechanisms in the auditory system. II. Intensity discrimination of amplitude modulated signals.  Abstracts of the 18th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, G.R. Popelka (Ed.), 55, St. Petersburg, Florida.

25.  Saade, J., Zeng, F.-G., Wygonski, J.J., Shannon, R.V., Soli, S.D., and Alwan, A. (1995). Quantitative measures of envelope cues in speech recognition.  The Journal of Acoustical Society of America  97, 5 (pt.2), 3244, The 129th Meeting of ASA, Washington, DC.

26.  Zeng, F.-G., and Shannon, R.V. (1995). Intensity discrimination of amplitude modulated stimuli in electric hearing.  The Journal of Acoustical Society of America  97, 5 (pt.2), 3346, The 129th Meeting of ASA, Washington, DC.

27.  Fu, Q.-J., Zeng, F.-G., Shannon, R.V., and Soli, S.D. (1995). Importance of tonal envelope cues in Chinese speech recognition.  The Journal of Acoustical Society of America  97, 5 (pt.2), 3384, The 129th Meeting of ASA, Washington, DC.

28.  Chatterjee, M. and Zeng, F.-G. (1996). Overshoot in monaural, diotic, and contralateral masking paradigms. Abstracts of the 19th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, G.R. Popelka (Ed.), 140, St. Petersburg, Florida.

29.  Fu, Q.-J., Shannon, R.V., Zeng, F.-G., and Chatterjee, M. (1996).  Electrode interactions measured by loudness summation in cochlear implant listeners. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America  100, 4 (pt.2), 2631, The 3rd Joint Meeting of ASA and ASJ, Honolulu, Hawaii.

30.  Shannon, R.V., Zeng, F.-G., and Wygonski, J. (1996). Speech recognition with altered spectral distribution of envelope cues. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America  100, 4 (pt.2), 2692, The 3rd Joint Meeting of ASA and ASJ, Honolulu, Hawaii.

31.  Shannon, R.V., Zeng, F.-G., Wygonski, J., and Kamath, V.K. (1996). Pattern recognition in speech: Implications for auditory prostheses. Abstracts of the 19th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, G.R. Popelka (Ed.), 43, St. Petersburg, Florida.

32.  Zeng, F.-G. (1996). Dual effects of notched noise on forward-masked intensity discrimination. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America  100, 4 (pt.2), 2719, The 3rd Joint Meeting of ASA and ASJ, Honolulu, Hawaii.

33.  Zeng, F.-G., Chatterjee, M., Fu, Q.-J., and Morse, R. (1996). Stochastic resonance in normal-hearing and implant listeners. Abstracts of the 19th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, G.R. Popelka (Ed.), 105, St. Petersburg, Florida.

34.  Zeng, F.-G., Galvin, J.J., and Relkin, E.M. (1996). Relative contributions of two neural population responses to intensity coding. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America  100, 4 (pt.2), 2719, The 3rd Joint Meeting of ASA and ASJ, Honolulu, Hawaii.

35.  Zhang, C. and Zeng, F.-G. (1996a). Peak vs. rms level as a determinant of loudness: comparison of acoustic and electric hearing. Abstracts of the 19th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, G.R. Popelka (Ed.), 108, St. Petersburg, Florida.

36.  Zhang, C. and Zeng, F.-G. (1996b). Temporal and spectral factors in loudness sensation.  The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 100, 4 (pt.2), 2627, The 3rd Joint Meeting of ASA and ASJ, Honolulu, Hawaii.

37.  Fu, Q.-J., Chatterjee, M., Shannon, R.V., and Zeng, F.-G. (1997). Comparison of electrode interaction measures in multichannel cochlear implants. Abstracts of the 20th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, G.R. Popelka (Ed.), 77, St. Petersburg, Florida.

38.  Shannon, R.V., Fu, Q.-J., Zeng, F.-G. and Wygonski, J. (1997). Altered peripheral patterns of speech information: Temporal and spectral effects. Abstracts of the 20th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, G.R. Popelka (Ed.), 125, St. Petersburg, Florida.

39.  Zeng, F.-G., Zhang, C.Y. and Galvin, J.J. (1997). Intensity coding in electric hearing: The trade-off between pulse duration and pulse amplitude. Abstracts of the 20th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, G.R. Popelka (Ed.), 59, St. Petersburg, Florida.

40.  Zeng, F.-G., Galvin, J.J. and Zhang, C.Y. (1998). Amplitude mapping in cochlear implant listeners. Abstracts of the 21st ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, G.R. Popelka (Ed.), 219, St. Petersburg, Florida.

41.  Chung, K., Zeng, F.-G., and Wright, B. (1998). Detection and discrimination of co-modulated signals in noise.  The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 103, 5(2), 2850, The 135th Meeting of ASA, Seattle, Washington.

42.  Galvin, J.J. and Zeng, F.-G. (1998). Music instrument identification in cochlear implant listeners.  The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 103, 5(2), 3006, The 135th Meeting of ASA, Seattle, Washington.

43.  Zhang, C., and Zeng, F.-G. (1998). Loudness of dynamic stimuli in hearing-impaired listeners.  The Journal of Acoustical Society of America  103, 5(2), 3051, The 135th Meeting of ASA, Seattle, Washington.

44.  Zeng, F.-G., Oba, S., Garde,S., Sininger, Y., and Starr, A. (2000). Suprathreshold processing deficits in Auditory Neuropathy. Abstracts of the 23rd ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, G.R. Popelka (Ed.), 6, St. Petersburg, Florida. 

45.  Zeng, F.-G., Starr, A., and Oba, S. (2000). Auditory Neuropathy: " I can hear but do not understand," National Academy of Science Colloquium, 19-21 May 2000, Beckman Center, Irvine, California. 

46.  Zeng, F.-G. (2000). The upper boundary of temporal pitch coding inferred from electric stimulation of the auditory nerve. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 108, 5(2), 2596, Joint 140th Meeting ASA and Noise Control 2000, Newport Beach, California. 

47.  Wei, C.G., Zeng, F.-G., Cao, K.L., and Wang, Z.Z. (2001). Rate discrimination and tone recognition in Chinese cochlear-implant listeners. Abstracts of the 24th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, P.A. Santi (Ed.), 293, St. Petersburg, Florida.

48.  Chen, H., Zeng, F.-G. (2003). Frequency modulation detection in cochlear implants listeners. Presented at the 26th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, Daytona Beach, Florida.       

49.  Kong, Y.-Y., Vongphoe, M., Zeng, F.-G. (2003). Independent contributions of amplitude and frequency modulations to auditory perception. II. Melody, tone, and speaker identification. Presented at the 26th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, Daytona Beach, Florida.     

50.  Liu, S., DelRio, E., Bradlow, A.R., Zeng, F.-G. (2003). Clear Speech Perception in Normal-Hearing and Cochlear-Implant Listeners. Presented at the 26th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, Daytona Beach, Florida.     

51.  Nie, K., Stickney, G., Zeng, F.-G. (2003). Independent contributions of amplitude and frequency modulations to auditory perception. I. Consonant, vowel, and sentence recognition. Presented at the 26th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, Daytona Beach, Florida.    

52.  Zeng, F.-G., Nie, K., Stickney, G., Liu, S., DelRio, E., Kong, Y.-Y., Chen, H. (2003). Facts and Artifacts in Auditory Chimaeras. Presented at the 26th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, Daytona Beach, Florida.     

Invited Talks:

1.  Zeng, F.-G. (1990). Audibility and consonant perception. A. I. duPont Institute, Delaware.

2.  Zeng, F.-G. (1990). Fricative recognition in impaired listeners. The University of Oklahoma.

3.  Zeng, F.-G. (1990). Neural coding of sound intensity. Boys Town National Institute, Omaha, Nebraska.

4.  Zeng, F.-G. (1990). Intensity discrimination in forward masking. House Ear Institute, Los Angeles.

5.  Shannon, R.V., Zeng, F.-G., Wygonski, J., and Maltan, A. (1991). Signal processing for electrical stimulation of the human cochlear nucleus.  International Symposium on Neural and Artificial Control of Hearing and Balance, Rheinfelden, Switzerland.

6.  Shannon, R.V., Zeng, F.-G., and Wygonski, J. (1992). Speech recognition using only temporal cues. International Symposium on Auditory Processing of Speech: From Sounds to Words, Netherlands.

7.  Zeng, F.-G. (1993). Symposium on Loudness coding in implants. 1993 International Conference on Auditory Prostheses, Rhode Island.

8.  Zeng, F.-G. (1993). Loudness and pitch in electric hearing. Shanghai Medical University.

9.  Zeng, F.-G. (1993). Dynamic range problem. Shanghai Institute of Physiology.

10.  Zeng, F.-G. (1993). Cochlear and auditory brainstem implants. The ENT Institute, 301 PLA Hospital, Beijing.

11.  Zeng, F.-G. (1993). US graduate education and grants. Peking Union Medical College, Beijing.

12.  Zeng, F.-G. (1993). Implant Psychophysics. First China-US Implant Meeting.

13.  Shannon, R.V. and Zeng, F.-G. (1994). Psychophysical results from electrical stimulation of hearing: Implications for understanding auditory processing. The 127th Meeting of ASA, Boston, Massachusetts.

14.  Zeng, F.-G. (1994). Cochlear implants and deafness in China. House Ear Institute.

15.  Zeng, F.-G. (1994). Cochlear implants and deafness in China. ENT Dept., Univ. of Southern California.

16.  Zeng, F.-G. (1994). Efferent functions in humans. House Ear Institute and Clinic Symposium.

17.  Zeng, F.-G. (1994). Auditory information processing. Department of Electrical Engineering, UCLA.

18.  Shannon, R.V., Zeng, F.-G., Otto, S., and Staller, S. (1995). Multichannel electrical stimulation of the human cochlear nuclei: Psychophysical and clinical results. The 18th ARO Midwinter Research Meeting, St. Petersburg, Florida.

19.  Zeng, F.-G. (1995). Symposium on Applied Audiology, Logopedics & Phoniatrics, Cairo, Egypt.

20.  Zeng, F.-G. (1995). Symposium on Implant psychophysics. 1995 International Conference on Auditory Prostheses, Asilomar, California.

21.  Zeng, F.-G. (1995). Intensity coding and speech recognition. Physics of Computation (Carver Mead's group), California Institute of Technology.

22.  Zeng, F.-G. (1996). The making of a bionic ear. Department of Electrical Engineering Colloquium, University of Southern California.

23.  Zeng, F.-G. (1996). Temporal processing below 300 Hz. Hearing Center and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.

24.  Zeng, F.-G. (1996). Testing psychophysical laws with implants. Cognitive Neuroscience Symposium, UCLA.

25.  Zeng, F.-G. (1996). Intensity coding in hearing. Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University.

26.  Zeng, F.-G. (1996). Intensity coding in hearing. Departments of Psychology and ENT, University of Minnesota.

27.  Zeng, F.-G. (1996). Cochlear implant technology. Kang-Min BME Corp., Canton.

28.  Zeng, F.-G. (1996). Speech processing of cochlear implants. Chinese University, Hong Kong.

29.  Zeng, F.-G. (1996). Implant symposium: Keynote speaker. Chang Gung Hospital, Taiwan.

30.  Zeng, F.-G. (1997). Information processing in audition. MIT Alumnus Club.

31.  Zeng, F.-G. (1997). Intensity coding in hearing. Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

32.  Zeng, F.-G. (1997). Helping deaf hear: Cochlear implants. NSF Engineering Research Center on Neuromorphics, California Institute of Technology.

33.  Zeng, F.-G. (1997). Helping deaf hear: Cochlear implants. Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

34.  Zeng, F.-G., Zhang, C.Y., and Galvin, J.J. (1997). Symposium on Implant psychophysics. 1997 International Conference on Auditory Prostheses, Asilomar, California.

35.  Zeng, F.-G. (1997). Speech recognition via bionic ears. NSF Center on Integrated Multimedia, University of Southern California.

36.  Zeng, F.-G. and Starr, A. (1998). Auditory neuropathy. Department of Cognitive Sciences, UC-Irvine.

37.  Zeng, F.-G. (1998). Information processing in hearing, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park.

38.  Zeng, F.-G. (1998). Symposium on Auditory Neuropathy. Arrowhead, California.

39. Zeng, F.-G. (1998). SPL and Psychoacoustics. NSCA Expo '98, Las Vegas.

40.  Zeng, F.-G. (1998). Information processing in hearing. Departments of ENT and Neurobiology, UC-Irvine.

41.  Wei, C., Zeng, F.-G., Cao, K.L., and Wang, Z. (1998). Speech recognition in Chinese-speaking cochlear implant listeners. The 4th Asia and Pacific Conference on Deafness, Beijing, China.

42.  Zeng, F.-G. (1998). Temporal processing deficits in auditory neuropathy. Biopsychology Seminar, University of Maryland, College Park.

43.  Zeng, F.-G. (1999). The role of synchronization in hearing. Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, College Park.

44.  Zeng, F.-G. (1999). Auditory neuropathy: "I can hear you but I don't understand you." Maryland Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Baltimore.

45.  Zeng, F.-G. (1999). Speech recognition with bionic ears. Annual Joint Meeting in Hearing, Georgetown University.

46.  Zeng, F.-G. (1999). Speech recognition by bionic ears. The 50th Anniversary Workshop, Hearing and Speech Clinic, University of Maryland.

47.  Zeng, F.-G. (1999). Temporal processing deficits in auditory neuropathy. Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Iowa.

48.  Zeng, F.-G. (1999). Stochastic resonance and cochlear implants. Cochlear Implant Club, House Ear Institute.

49.  Zeng, F.-G., Galvin, J.J., Shannon, R.V., Opie, J., and Segel, P. (1999). Amplitude mapping and speech recognition in cochlear-implant listeners. 1999 International Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Asilomar, California.

50.  Zeng, F.-G. (1999). Auditory information processing: What we have learned from cochlear implants. Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Seminars, University of Maryland, College Park.

51.  Zeng, F.-G. (1999). Symposium on Auditory Prosthesis and Rehabilitation. National Science Council and National Women's League Foundation for the Hearing-Impaired, Taipei, Taiwan.

52.  Zeng, F.-G. (1999). Cochlear implants and Auditory Neuropathy. Kao-Shiung Normal University, Taiwan.

53.  Zeng, F.-G. (2000). Auditory information processing: What have we learned from cochlear implants? Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University. 

54.  Zeng, F.-G. (2000). Auditory Neuropathy: Why some hearing-impaired listeners can hear but cannot understand speech? The First Annual Research Symposium, Department of Otolaryngology, University of California, Irvine.

55.  Zeng, F.-G. (2000). What have cochlear implants told us about basis issues in hearing? Department of Otolaryngology, University of California, San Francisco.

56.  Zeng, F.-G. (2000). What have cochlear implants told us about basis issues in hearing? Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley.

57.  Zeng, F.-G., Stickney, G., and Cruz, R. (2001). Advances in cochlear implants. Oralingua School for the Hearing Impaired, Whittier, California (03/15).

58.  Zeng, F.-G. (2001). What have cochlear implants told us about basis issues in hearing? Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (04/11).

59.  Zeng, F.-G. (2001). Intensity coding in acoustic and electric hearing. Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine (04/18).

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