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Prof

Hugh McDermott

Honorary
Audiology and Speech Pathology
cochlear implants and hearing aids
deep brain stimulation
humans
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
middle aged
cochlear implants
aged
male
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Prof

Hugh McDermott

 
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Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Neurobionics
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Sound-processing strategy for Cochlear Implants

PJ Blamey, CM Mckay, HJ Mcdermott

January 30, 2007

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Projects

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ENHANCED DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION ELECTRODES FOR IMPROVED EFFICACY IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE THERAPY

We are developing an advanced Deep Brain Stimulation system to improve the treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Current devices benefit only h..

2016 - 2019
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Monitoring Cortical Excitability using a Probing Stimulus for Epileptic Seizure Anticipation

Millions of people with epilepsy suffer from seizures that cannot be controlled by medication. Life-threatening seizure may strike at any ti..

2013 - 2016
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Monitoring Cortical Excitability using a Probing Stimulus for Epileptic Seizure Anticipation

Millions of people with epilepsy suffer from seizures that cannot be controlled by medication. Life-threatening seizure may strike at any ti..

2013 - 2016
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IMPROVING A NEW FORM OF DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION TO TREAT GAIT AND BALANCE DISTURBANCE IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE

Over 64,000 Australians have Parkinson’s disease. Most patients with Parkinson’s disease ultimately develop gait ‘freezing’ and poor balance..

2014 - 2016
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THE PLASTIC EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM PARTIAL DEAFNESS AND CHRONIC COCHLEAR IMPLANT USE ON THE RESPONSE OF PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX TO COMBINED ELECTRO-ACCOUSTIC STIMULATION

Cochlear implants were originally used only in cases of profound deafness, but are now being used in patients who have some residual hearing..

2012 - 2014
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Individualized cochlear implant sound coding: Optimized algorithms for better hearing

One in six Australians is affected by hearing loss. Hearing loss impacts on a person's educational and employment opportunities, resulting i..

2008 - 2012
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FITTING AND ASSESSMENT OF AN EXPERIMENTAL HEARING INSTRUMENT

2008 - 2008
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Improved perception of complex sounds, particularly music, by users of cochlear implants

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Improved perception of temporal information in electrical signals for profoundly deaf users of cochlear implants

The ultimate goal of this project is to improve the ability of cochlear implant users to understand speech. The way in which a speech signal..

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Project Types

8

Research Grant

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Scholarly Works

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Lesser-Known Aspects of Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease: Programming Sessions, Hardware Surgeries, Residential Care Admissions, and Deaths

San San Xu, Charles B Malpas, Kristian J Bulluss, Hugh J McDermott, Tomas Kalincik, Wesley Thevathasan

Journal article  |  2021  |  NEUROMODULATION

OBJECTIVE: The long-term treatment burden, duration of community living, and survival of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) af..

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Feedback control for deep brain stimulation for motor disorders

Hugh J McDermott, Nicholas C Sinclair

Journal article  |  2020  |  HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective treatment for many people living with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Although the primary ..

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Slim electrodes for improved targeting in deep brain stimulation

Joel Villalobos, Hugh J McDermott, Peter McNeill, Aharon Golod, Vivek Rathi, Sebastien H Bauquier, James B Fallon

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING

OBJECTIVE: The efficacy of deep brain stimulation can be limited by factors including poor selectivity of stimulation, targeting e..

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Tailoring Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease Using Evoked Resonant Neural Activity

Wesley Thevathasan, Nicholas C Sinclair, Kristian J Bulluss, Hugh J McDermott

Journal article  |  2020  |  FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE

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Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease modulates high-frequency evoked and spontaneous neural activity

Nicholas C Sinclair, Hugh J McDermott, James B Fallon, Thushara Perera, Peter Brown, Kristian J Bulluss, Wesley Thevathasan

Journal article  |  2019  |  NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Deep brain stimulation is an established therapy for Parkinson's disease; however, its effectiveness is hindered by limited unders..

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On the neural basis of deep brain stimulation evoked resonant activity

Nicholas C Sinclair, James B Fallon, Kristian J Bulluss, Wesley Thevathasan, Hugh J McDermott

Journal article  |  2019  |  BIOMEDICAL PHYSICS & ENGINEERING EXPRESS

Objective: Deep brain stimulation can be a remarkably effective treatment for Parkinson's disease and other conditions; however, a..

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SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION EVOKED RESONANT NEURAL ACTIVITY PREDICTS CLINICAL RESPONSE TO DBS

San San Xu, Nicholas C Sinclair, Kristian J Bulluss, Thushara Perera, Wee-Lih Lee, Hugh J McDermott, Wesley Theathasan

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY

IntroductionDBS can improve motor deficit in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. Existing devices have limitations due to electrode..

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A palm-worn device to quantify rigidity in Parkinson's disease

Thushara Perera, Wee-Lih Lee, Mary Jones, Joy L Tan, Elizabeth L Proud, Angus Begg, Nicholas C Sinclair, Richard Peppard, Hugh J McDermott

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS

BACKGROUND: Parkinsonian rigidity is identified on clinical examination as resistance to passive movement. Measurement of rigidity..

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Objective evaluation of bradykinesia in Parkinson's disease using an inexpensive marker-less motion tracking system

Wee Lih Lee, Nicholas C Sinclair, Mary Jones, Joy L Tan, Elizabeth L Proud, Richard Peppard, Hugh J McDermott, Thushara Perera

Journal article  |  2019  |  PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT

OBJECTIVE: Quantification of bradykinesia (slowness of movement) is crucial for the treatment and monitoring of Parkinson's diseas..

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Encoding speech in cochlear implants using simultaneous amplitude and rate modulation

Tim Brochier, Colette McKay, Hugh McDermott

Journal article  |  2018  |  JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

To improve speech perception for cochlear implant (CI) users, it is essential to improve the transmission of temporal envelopes. T..

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Clinical Health
Biomedical Engineering
Neurosciences
Clinical Sciences
Cognitive and Computational Psychology
Health Services and Systems
Expanding Knowledge
Communications Engineering
Ophthalmology and Optometry
Arts

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2009

First recipient of the Callier Prize in Communication Disorders

University of Texas at Dallas Callier Center
2012

IEEE - Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

2012

FASA - Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America

2002

FASA - Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Audiology and Speech Pathology

Honorary

Medical Bionics Department

Senior Member

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Applied Science

University of Melbourne