Jiam N T, Caldwell M, Deroche M L, Chatterjee M, Limb C J
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music, McGill University Montreal, QC, Canada.
Hear Res. 2017 Sep;352:30-39. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2017.01.006. Epub 2017 Jan 11.
Voice emotion is a fundamental component of human social interaction and social development. Unfortunately, cochlear implant users are often forced to interface with highly degraded prosodic cues as a result of device constraints in extraction, processing, and transmission. As such, individuals with cochlear implants frequently demonstrate significant difficulty in recognizing voice emotions in comparison to their normal hearing counterparts. Cochlear implant-mediated perception and production of voice emotion is an important but relatively understudied area of research. However, a rich understanding of the voice emotion auditory processing offers opportunities to improve upon CI biomedical design and to develop training programs benefiting CI performance. In this review, we will address the issues, current literature, and future directions for improved voice emotion processing in cochlear implant users.
语音情感是人类社会互动和社会发展的一个基本组成部分。不幸的是,由于人工耳蜗在提取、处理和传输方面的设备限制,人工耳蜗使用者常常不得不面对高度退化的韵律线索。因此,与听力正常的人相比,人工耳蜗使用者在识别语音情感方面常常表现出显著困难。人工耳蜗介导的语音情感感知和产生是一个重要但相对研究不足的领域。然而,对语音情感听觉处理的深入理解为改进人工耳蜗的生物医学设计和开发有益于人工耳蜗性能的训练项目提供了机会。在这篇综述中,我们将探讨人工耳蜗使用者在改进语音情感处理方面的问题、当前文献以及未来方向。