Colette McKay

Interpreting the Effect of Stimulus Parameters on the Electrically Evoked Compound Action Potential and on Neural Health Estimates.

Tim Brochier, Colette M McKay, Robert P Carlyon

Journal article  |  2021  |  J Assoc Res Otolaryngol

Variations in the condition of the neural population along the length of the cochlea can degrade the spectral and temporal represe..

Comparing fNIRS signal qualities between approaches with and without short channels

Xin Zhou, Gabriel Sobczak, Colette M McKay, Ruth Y Litovsky

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLOS ONE

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a non-invasive technique used to measure changes in oxygenated (HbO) and deoxygen..

lPerception and prediction of loudness in sound coding strategies using simultaneous electric stimulation

Florian Langner, Colette M McKay, Andreas Buechner, Waldo Nogueira

Journal article  |  2020  |  HEARING RESEARCH

Cochlear Implant (CI) sound coding strategies based on simultaneous stimulation lead to an increased loudness percept when compare..

Objective measurement of tinnitus using functional near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning

Mehrnaz Shoushtarian, Roohallah Alizadehsani, Abbas Khosravi, Nicola Acevedo, Colette M McKay, Saeid Nahavandi, James B Fallon

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLOS ONE

Chronic tinnitus is a debilitating condition which affects 10-20% of adults and can severely impact their quality of life. Current..

Cortical fNIRS Responses Can Be Better Explained by Loudness Percept than Sound Intensity

Stefan Weder, Mehrnaz Shoushtarian, Virginia Olivares, Xin Zhou, Hamish Innes-Brown, Colette McKay

Journal article  |  2020  |  EAR AND HEARING

OBJECTIVES: Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a brain imaging technique particularly suitable for hearing studies. ..

Audio-visual integration in cochlear implant listeners and the effect of age difference

Xin Zhou, Hamish Innes-Brown, Colette M McKay

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

This study aimed to investigate differences in audio-visual (AV) integration between cochlear implant (CI) listeners and normal-he..

Fully objective hearing threshold estimation in cochlear implant users using phase-locking value growth functions

Darren Mao, Hamish Innes-Brown, Matthew A Petoe, Yan T Wong, Colette M McKay

Journal article  |  2019  |  HEARING RESEARCH

Cochlear implant users require fitting of electrical threshold and comfort levels for optimal access to sound. In this study, we u..

Assessing hearing by measuring heartbeat: The effect of sound level

Mehrnaz Shoushtarian, Stefan Weder, Hamish Innes-Brown, Colette M McKay

Journal article  |  2019  |  PLOS ONE

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a non-invasive brain imaging technique that measures changes in oxygenated and de..

Cortical Pitch Response Components Correlate with the Pitch Salience of Resolved and Unresolved components of Mandarin Tones

Fei Peng, Colette M McKay, Darren Mao, Wensheng Hou, Hamish Innes-Brown

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  2019 41ST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC)

Cortical pitch responses (CPRs) are generated at the initiation of pitch-bearing sounds. CPR components have been shown to reflect..

Cortical auditory evoked potential time-frequency growth functions for fully objective hearing threshold estimation

Darren Mao, Hamish Innes-Brown, Matthew A Petoe, Yan T Wong, Colette M McKay

Journal article  |  2018  |  HEARING RESEARCH

Cortical auditory evoked potential (CAEP) thresholds have been shown to correlate well with behaviourally determined hearing thres..