Publications

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Talks and Presentations

 | 1990-1999 | 2000-2004 | 2005  | 2006-2007| 2008

Non-Refereed Publications and Book Chapters

| 1980-1989 | 1990-1999 | 2000-2008

Editorial/ Viewpoint

Posters and Talks

 

Refereed Publications

1990-1999

1990

1.  Zeng, F.-G., and Turner, C.W. (1990). Recognition of voiceless fricatives by normal and hearing-impaired subjects. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 33, 440-449.

1991

2.  Zeng, F.-G., and Turner, C.W. (1991). Binaural loudness balance in unilaterally-impaired listeners.  The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 43(A), 565-583.

3.  Zeng, F.-G., Turner, C.W., and Relkin, E.M. (1991). Recovery from prior stimulation. II. Effects on intensity discrimination. Hearing Research 55, 223-230.

1992

4.  Turner, C.W., Zeng, F.-G., Relkin, E.M., and Horwitz, A.R. (1992).  Frequency discrimination in forward and backward masking.  The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 92, 3102-3108.

5. Zeng, F.-G., and Shannon, R.V. (1992). Loudness balance between electric and acoustic stimulation.  Hearing Research 60, 231-235.

6.  Zeng, F.-G., and Turner, C.W. (1992). Intensity discrimination in forward masking. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 92, 782-787.

1994

7.  Shannon, R.V. and Zeng, F.-G. (1994).  Psychophysics in Electric hearing.  Chinese Journal of Audiology and Speech Disorder 2, 62-65. 

8.  Zeng, F.-G. (1994). Loudness growth in forward masking: Relation to intensity discrimination.  The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 96, 2127-2132.

9.  Zeng, F.-G., and Shannon, R.V. (1994). Loudness-coding mechanisms inferred from electric stimulation of the human auditory system.  Science 264, 564-566. (NIH press release)  

1995

10.  Shannon, R.V., Zeng, F.-G., Wygonski, J., Kamath, V., and Ekelid, M. (1995). Speech recognition with primarily temporal cues.  Science 270, 303-304.  

11. Zeng, F.-G. (1995). Cochlear implants in China. Audiology 34, 61-75.

12. Zeng, F.-G., and Shannon, R.V. (1995). Possible origins of the non-monotonic intensity discrimination functions in forward masking.  Hearing Research 82, 216-224. 

13.  Zeng, F.-G., and Shannon, R.V. (1995). Loudness of simple and complex stimuli in electric hearing.  Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology 104 (suppl. 166), 235-238. 

1996

14.  Abdala, C., Sininger, Y.S., Ekelid, M., and Zeng, F.-G. (1996). Distortion product otoacoustic emission suppression tuning curves in human adults and neonates. Hearing Research 98, 38-53.

1997

15.  Zhang, C.Y., and Zeng, F.-G. (1997). Loudness of dynamic stimuli in acoustic and electric hearing. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 102, 2925-2934.

1998

16.  Fu, Q.-J., Zeng, F.-G., Shannon, R.V., and Soli, D.S. (1998). Importance of tonal envelope cues in Chinese speech recognition. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 104, 505-510.  

17.  Shannon, R.V., Zeng, F.-G., and Wygonski, J. (1998). Speech recognition with altered spectral distribution of envelope cues. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 104, 2467-2476.  

18.  Wilson, B.S., Rebscher, S., Zeng, F.-G., Shannon, R.V., Loeb, G.E., Lawson, D.T., and Zerbi, M. (1998).  Design for an inexpensive but effective cochlear implant.  Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 118, 235-241.

19.  Zeng, F.-G. (1998). Interactions of forward and simultaneous masking in intensity discrimination.  The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 103, 2021-2030.  

20.  Zeng, F.-G., Cao, K.L., and Wang, Z.-Z. (1998).  Advances in cochlear implants.  Chinese Journal of Otolaryngology 33(2), 123-125.

21. Zeng, F.-G., J.J. Galvin, and C.Y. Zhang (1998). Encoding loudness by electric stimulation of the auditory nerve. NeuroReport 9, 1845-1848. 

1999

22.  Wei, C., Cao, K., Wang, Z, and Zeng, F.-G. (1999). Rate discrimination and tone recognition in Mandarin-speaking cochlear-implant listeners. Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology 34(2), 82-88.

23.  Zeng, F.-G., and Galvin, J.J. (1999). Amplitude mapping and phoneme recognition in cochlear implant listeners. Ear and Hearing 20, 60-73. 

24.  Zeng, F.-G., Oba, S., Garde,S., Sininger, Y., and Starr, A. (1999). Temporal and speech processing deficits in Auditory Neuropathy. NeuroReport 10(16), 3429-3435 .  

25.  Zeng, F.-G., and Shannon, R.V. (1999). Psychophysical laws revealed by electric hearing. NeuroReport 10, 1931-1935.  

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2000-2004

2000

26.  Fu, Q.-J., and Zeng, F.-G. (2000). Identification of temporal envelope cues in Chinese tone recognition. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing 5, 45-57.

27. Zeng, F.-G., Martino, K.M., Linthicum, F.H., and Soli, S.D. (2000). Auditory perception in vestibular-neurectomy subjects. Hearing Research 142, 102-122.  

28.  Zeng, F.-G., Fu, Q.-J., and Morse, R.P. (2000). Human hearing enhanced by noise. Brain Research 869(1-2), 251-255.  

2002

29.  Shkel, A. M., Liu, J., Ikei, C. and Zeng, F.-G.(2002). Feasibility Study on a Prototype of Vestibular Implant Using MEMS Gyroscopes. IEEE Sensors 1526-1531.  

30.  Zeng, F.-G., Grant, G., Niparko, J., Galvin, J.J., Shannon, R.V., Opie, J., and Segel, P. (2002). Speech dynamic range and its effects on cochlear implant performance. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 111, 377-386.  

31.  Zeng, F.-G. (2002). Temporal pitch in electric hearing. Hearing Research 174, 101-106.  

2003

32.  Behnam SE and Zeng FG (2003). Noise improves suprathreshold discrimination in cochlear-implant listeners. Hearing Research 186, 91-93.

33.  Starr, A., Michalewski, H. J., Zeng, F.G., Fujikawa, S., Linthicum, F., Kim, C.S., Winnier, D., and Keats, B. (2003). Pathology and physiology of auditory neuropathy with a novel mutation in the MPZ gene (Tyr145Ser). Brain 126, 1604-1619.

2004

34.   Chen H.B., Zeng, F-.G. (2004). Frequency modulation detection in cochlear implant subjects. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 116(4): 2269-2277.

35. Chung K, Zeng, FG, and Waltzman, S. (2004). Using Directional Microphones and Noise Reduction algorithms to Enhance Cochlear Implant Performance. Acoustics Research Letters Online 5(2), 56-61.

36. Kong, Y.Y., Cruz R., Jones, J.A., and Zeng F.G. (2004). Music perception with temporal cues in acoustic and electric hearing. Ear and Hearing 25(2):173-185.

37.  Lan, N., Nie, K., Gao, S., and Zeng, F.G. (2004). A Novel Speech Processing Strategy of Cochlear Implants Incorporating Tonal Information. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 51(5), 752-760.

38. Liu S., Del Rio E., Bradlow A.R., Zeng F-.G. (2004). Clear speech perception in acoustic and electric hearing. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 116(4):2374-2383.

39. Starr, A., Michalewski, H. J., Zeng, F.G., Kong, Y.Y., Beale, P., Keats, B., and Lesperance, M. (2004). A dominantly inherited progressive deafness affecting distal auditory nerve and hair cells. Journal of Association for Research in Otolaryngology 5, 411-426.

40. Stickney GS, Zeng FG, Assmann P and Litovsky R (2004). Cochlear Implant Speech Recognition with Speech Maskers. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 116(2), 1081-1091.

41.  Wei C., Cao K, Chen XW, Zheng, J, and Zeng FG (2004). Tone recognition and electrode discrimination in prelingually deafened cochlear-implant listeners. Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology 39(2), 73-76.

42. Wei, C., Cao, K., and Zeng, F.G. (2004). Mandarin tone recognition in cochlear-implant subjects. Hearing Research 197(1/2), 87-95.

43. Xu, T., Bachman, M., Zeng, F.G., and Li, G.P. (2004). Polymeric Micro-Cantilever Array for Auditory Front-End Processing. Sensors and Actuators A 114, 176–182.

44. Zeng FG (2004). Trends in cochlear implants. Trends in Amplification 8(1), 1-34.

    (for Trends in Amplification in Chinese, click here )

45. Zeng F-.G., Nie K., Liu S., Stickney G.S., Del Rio E., Kong Y.Y., Chen H.B. (2004). On the dichotomy in auditory perception between temporal envelope and fine structure cues. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 116(3):1351-1354.

46. Zeng FG, Wei C. and Cao K (2004). Past, present, and future of cochlear implants. Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology 39(10), 631-634.

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2005

47. Chen, H.B., , Ishihara, Y.C. and Zeng, F-.G. (2005). Pitch discrimination of patterned electric stimulation. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 118 (1): 338-345.

48. Kong, Y.Y., Stickney, G., Zeng, F-.G. (2005). Speech and melody recognition in binaurally combined acoustic and electric hearing. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 117(3): 1351-1361.

49. Michalewski, H.J., Starr, A., Nguyen, T.T., Kong, Y.Y.,Zeng, F.G. (2005). Auditory temporal processes in normal-hearing individuals and in patients with auditory neuropathy. Clinical Neurophysiology 116: 669–680.

50. Nie, K.B., Stickney, G.S., Zeng, F-.G. (2005). Encoding frequency modulation to improve cochlear implant performance in noise. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 52(1): 64-73.   

 MATLAB code (right click, save target then unzip) and instructions for generating the AM and FM stimuli. For details, please read Nie et al. (2005)   and Zeng et al. (2005).

51. Stickney, G.S., Nie, K.B., Zeng, F-G. (2005). Contribution of frequency modulation to speech recognition in noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 118 (4): 2412-2420.

52. Vongphoe, M., Zeng, F-.G. (2005) Speaker recognition with temporal cues in acoustic and electric hearing. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 118 (2): 1055-1061.

53. Zeng, G.F., Kong, Y.Y, Michalewski, H.J., Starr, A. (2005). Perceptual consequences of disrupted auditory nerve activity. Journal of Neurophysiology 93:3050-3063.

Oertel's comment:

Oertel, D. Importance for timing in understanding speech. Focus on Perceptual consequences of disrupted auditory nerve activity. Journal of Neurophysiology 93:3044-3045.

54. Zeng FG, Chen H, Han S. (2005). Temporal Masking in Electric Hearing. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 6(4):390-400.

55. Zeng, F-.G., Nie, K.B., Stickney, G.S., Kong, Y-.Y., Vongphoe, M., Bhargave, A., Wei, C.G., Cao, K. (2005). Speech recognition with amplitude and frequency modulations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 102: 2293-2298   

    (click here for supporting) information)

    MATLAB code (right click, save target then unzip) and instructions for generating the AM and FM stimuli. For details, please read Nie et al. (2005)   and Zeng et al. (2005).

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2006-2007

  56. Bachman M, Zeng FG, Xu T, Li GP. (2006). Micromechanical resonator array for an implantable bionic ear. Audiol Neurootol. 11(2):95-103.

    Click here to see editorial

57. Nie, K.B., Barco, A., Zeng, F-G. (2006). Spectral and Temporal Cues in Cochlear Implant Speech Processing. Ear & Hearing. 27: 208-217.

58. Shkel AM, Zeng FG. (2006). An electronic prosthesis mimicking the dynamic vestibular function. Audiol Neurootol. 11(2):113-122.

    Click here to see editorial

 59. Tang, Q., Liu, S., Zeng, FG. (2006). Loudness Adaptation in Acoustic and Electric Hearing. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. 7: 59-70.

60. Zeng FG, Liu S. (2006). Speech perception in Individuals with Auditory Neuropathy. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 49(2):367-380.

61. Liu, S, Zeng, FG (2006). Temporal properties in clear speech perception. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 120 (1): 424-432. 

62. Chung K, Zeng FG, and Acker KN (2006). Effects of directional microphone and adaptive multichannel noise reduction algorithm on cochlear implant performance. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120 (4): 2216-2227.

63. Kong, YY, Zeng, FG (2006). Temporal and spectral cues in Mandarin tone recognition. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120 (5): 2830-2840.

64. Chang, J.E., Bai, J.Y., Zeng, FG (2006). Unintelligible low-frequency sound enhances simulated cochlear-implant speech recognition in noise. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 53 (12): 2598-2601.

65. Luo, H., Ni, J.T., Li, Z.H., Li, X.O., Zhang, D.R., Zeng, FG, Chen, L. (2006). Opposite patterns of hemisphere dominance for early auditory processing of lexical tones and consonants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. 103 (51): 19558–19563.

(Click here to view the above article in Chinese)

66. Stickney, G.S., Assmann, P.F., Chang, J., Zeng, F-.G. (2007). Effects of cochlear implant processing and fundamental frequency on the intelligibility of competing sentences. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 122(2):1069-78.

67. Bhattacharya, A., Zeng, F-.G. (2007). Companding to improve cochlear-implant speech recognition in speech-shaped noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 122(2): 1079-89.  

69. Carroll J and Zeng FG. (2007) Fundamental frequency discrimination and speech perception in noise in cochlear implant simulations. Hear Res. 231(1-2): 42-53.

70. Wei C, Cao K, Jin X, Chen X, Zeng FG. (2007). Psychophysical performance and Mandarin tone recognition in noise by cochlear implant users. Ear Hear 28(2 Suppl), 62S-65S.

71. Wei CG, Cao KL, Zeng FG, Chua T. (2007). Bilateral cochlear implantation in a post-lingually deafened Mandarin-speaking patient. Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology 42(6):468-469. [in Chinese]

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 2008

72. Cullington HE and Zeng F.G. (2008). Speech recognition with varying numbers and types of competing talkers by normal-hearing, cochlear-implant, and implant simulation subjects. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 123(1), 450-461.

73. Desai S., Stickney G.S., and Zeng F.G. (2008). Auditory-visual speech perception in normal-hearing and cochlear-implant listeners. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 123(1), 428-440.

 

 

Non-Refereed Publications and Book Chapters


1980-1989

 

1.  Zeng, F.-G. (1985). Speech and script: Preliminaries to the neuro-mechanisms of language. Modern Linguistics 8, 11-18.

2.  Zeng, F.-G. (1987). How do our ears understand speech. Scientific Picture 7, 2-4.

3.  Zeng, F.-G. (1987). Speech technology: Research and development. World Science 7, 32-49.

 

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1990-1999

 

4.  Shannon, R.V., Zeng, F.-G., and Wygonski, J. (1992). Speech recognition using only temporal cues.  In: The Auditory Processing of Speech: From Sounds to Words  pp. 263-274, M.E.H. Schouten (Ed.), Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin.

5.  Zeng, F.-G. (1992). Left hemisphere dominance in spoken and sign languages. Chinese Science Daily, 12(1), 3.

6. Zeng, F.-G., and Shannon, R.V. (1993). Loudness growth in electric stimulation.  In: International Interscience Seminars: Advances in Cochlear Implants,  pp. 339-341, I.J. Hochmair-Desoyer and E.S. Hochmair (Eds.), Manz, Wien.

 

7. Zeng, F.-G. (1996).  Cochlear implants in developing countries.  Contact (invited paper by Cochlear Implant Club International) 10(4), 5-9.

8.  Ay, S. U., Zeng, F.-G., and Sheu, B.J. (1997).  Hearing with bionic ears.  IEEE Circuits & Devices, 5,18-23.  

 

9.  Zeng, F.-G., Shannon, R.V., and Hellman, W.S. (1998). Physiological processes underlying psychophysical laws.  In: Psychophysical and Physiological Advances in Hearing, pp. 473-481. A. Palmer, Rees, A., Summerfield, A.Q. & Meddis, R. (Eds.), Whurr Publishers, London.

10.  Shannon, R.V., Fu, Q.-J., Zeng, F.-G., and Wygonski, J. (1998). Prosthetic hearing: Implications for pattern recognition in speech.  In: Listening to Speech: An Auditory Perspective,  pp., S. Greenberg and W. Ainsworth (Eds.), Oxford University Press, UK (in press).

 

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2000-2008

 

11.  Cao, K.L., Wang, Z.-Z., and Zeng, F.-G. (2000). Cochlear implants. In: Handbook of Pediatric Otolaryngology, pp. 299-316. W. Qi et al. (Eds.), Tian-Jing Science and Technology Press, Tian Jing.

12.  Zeng, F.-G. (2000).  Advances in cochlear implants. In: Speech and Hearing Review - A Bilingual Annual Publication, pp. 6-17 (Chinese) and pp. 54-61 (English). L.-R. L. Chen (Ed.), National Kaohsiung Normal University Special Education Center, Taiwan.

 

13.  Zeng, F.-G., Oba, S., and Starr, A. (2001). Suprathreshold processing deficits due to desynchronous neural activities in Auditory Neuropathy. In: Physiological and Psychophysical Bases of Auditory Function, pp. 365-372. D.J. Breebaart, Houstma, A.J.M., Kohlrausch, A., Prijs, V.F., & Schoonhoven, R. (Eds.), Shaker publishing BV, Maastricht, Netherlands.  

14.  Zeng, F-.G., Oba, S., Garde,S., Sininger, Y., and Starr, A. (2001). Psychophysics and Speech Perception in Auditory Neuropathy. In: Auditory Neuropathy, Y. Sininger & A. Starr (Eds.) San Diego (2001). 

15. Shannon RV, Fu QJ, Zeng FG and Wygonski J (2005). "Prosthetic Hearing:Implications for Pattern Recognition in Speech", Chapter 18 in "Listening to Speech: An Auditory Perspective", S. Greenberg and W. Ainsworth (Eds.), Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc., New jersey, pp 289-301.

16. Starr, A., Zeng, F-.G., Michalewski, H.J., Moser,T. (2008). Perspectives in auditory neuropathy: Disorders of the inner hair cell, auditory nerve, and their synapses. In P. Dallos & D. Oertel (Eds.), The Senses: A comprehensive reference (pp. 397-412). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

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Editorial/ Viewpoint

1. Zeng, F-.G. (2006). "Editorial." Audiology & Neurotology, 11(76): 76.

2. Zeng, F-.G. (2007). "Cochlear implants: Why don't more people use them?" The Hearing Journal, 60(3): 48-49.

3. Zeng, F.-G. (2007). "Guest editorial: Sense and sensibility in neuroengineering", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 54(6): 965-968.

 

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Posters and Talks

Conference on Implantable Auditory Prosthesis  (CIAP) 2005, Asilomar, CA

1. Companding to improve cochlear implants’ speech processing in noise, Aparajita Bhattacharya and Fan-Gang Zeng

 

 

Conference on Implantable Auditory Prosthesis  (CIAP) 2007, Lake Tahoe, CA

1. Encoding Fine Structure in Cochlear Implants, Presentation by Fan-Gang Zeng

2. Evaluation of the envelope expansion based noise suppression technique in cochlear-implant users, Aparajita Bhattacharya and Fan-Gang Zeng

3. Contribution of F0 to Cochlear Implant Performance, Stephanie Tiaden, Jeff Carroll, and Fan-Gang Zeng

4. On Acoustic Simulations of Cochlear Implants, Thomas Lu and Fan-Gang Zeng

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