Review paper & Book chapter
McDermott HJ: “Music perception with cochlear implants: A review,” Trends in Amplification, vol. 8, pp. 49-82, 2004. (invited)
Tong YC, Clark GM, McDermott HJ, Harrison JM, Blamey PJ, Patrick JF: “Future Directions,” Chapter 15, pp 253-257, in Cochlear Prostheses, eds: GM Clark, YC Tong and JF Patrick, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, 1990.
Full-length publications
- under review:
Zakis JA, McDermott HJ, Vandali AE: “A fundamental frequency estimator for the real-time processing of musical sounds for cochlear implants,” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing, January 2005.
Simpson A, McDermott HJ, Hersbach AA: “Perceptual performance of a high-powered digital hearing-aid evaluated by objective and self-report measures,” submitted to Acoustics Australia, December 2004.
Hill PR, McDermott HJ: “Music perception by cochlear implant users: How does filtering and/or compression affect sound quality?” submitted to Ear and Hearing, July 2004.
McDermott HJ, Sucher CM: “Perceptual dissimilarities among acoustic stimuli and ipsilateral electric stimuli,” submitted to Hearing Research, 2 February 2004.
Simpson A, McDermott HJ, Dowell RC: “Benefits of audibility for listeners with severe high frequency hearing loss,” submitted to Hearing Research, 11 January 2005.
- published or in press:
Vandali AE, Sucher C, Tsang DJ, McKay CM, Chew JWD, McDermott HJ: “Pitch ranking ability of cochlear implant recipients: A comparison of sound-processing strategies,” accepted for J Acoust Soc Am, February 2005. (in press)
Simpson A, Hersbach AA, McDermott HJ: “Improvements in speech perception with an experimental nonlinear frequency-compression hearing device,” accepted for International Journal of Audiology, 2004. (in press)
McDermott HJ, Sucher CM, McKay CM: “Speech perception with a cochlear implant sound processor incorporating loudness models,” Acoustics Research Letters Online, vol. 6, pp. 7-13, 2005.
McDermott HJ, Looi V: “Perception of complex signals, including musical sounds, with cochlear implants,” Proceedings of the VIII International Cochlear Implant Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana USA, ed. RT Miyamoto, International Congress Series, vol. 1273C, pp. 201-204, Elsevier, 2004.
Looi V, McDermott H, McKay C, Hickson L: “Pitch discrimination and melody recognition by cochlear implant users,” Proceedings of the VIII International Cochlear Implant Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana USA, ed. RT Miyamoto, International Congress Series, vol. 1273C, pp. 197-200, Elsevier, 2004.
Zakis JA, McDermott HJ, Fisher M: “An advanced sound processing system for hearing aid research,” Iran J Audiol, vol. 3, pp. 75-78, 2004.
Looi V, Sucher C, McDermott H: “Melodies familiar to the Australian population across a range of hearing abilities,” Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology, vol. 25, pp. 75-83, November 2003.
McDermott HJ, McKay CM, Richardson, LM, Henshall KR: “Application of loudness models to sound processing for cochlear implants,” J Acoust Soc Am, vol. 114, pp. 2190-2197, 2003.
McDermott HJ: “Music to my bionic ear,” Research Australia Web site, July 2003. Available – http://www.researchaustralia.org/ (invited)
McDermott HJ, Sucher CM, McKay CM: “Speech intelligibility with a cochlear implant sound-processing scheme based on loudness models,” proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Cancun, Mexico, 17-21 September 2003, pp. 2006-2009.
McDermott HJ: “Current advances in cochlear implants,” Web site of Defeating Deafness, UK, April 2003. Available – http://www.defeatingdeafness.org/ (invited)
McKay CM, Henshall KR, Farrell RJ, McDermott HJ: “A practical method of predicting the loudness of complex electrical stimuli,” J Acoust Soc Am, vol. 113, pp. 2054-2063, 2003.
Lee A, McDermott H, Holmes WH: “New fundamental frequency estimators for cochlear implants,” Proceedings of the 9th Australian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, pp. 100-105, Melbourne December 2-5, 2002.
Stainsby TH, McDermott HJ, McKay CM, Clark GM: “Musical timbre perception with cochlear implants: investigations using forward masking,” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, pp. 604 - 607, Sydney, Australia, July 17-21, 2002.
McDermott HJ, Henshall KR, McKay CM: “Benefits of syllabic input compression for users of cochlear implants,” Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 14-24, 2002.
McKay CM, Remine M, McDermott HJ: “Loudness summation for pulsatile electrical stimulation of the cochlea: Effects of rate, electrode separation, level, and mode of stimulation,” J Acoust Soc Am, vol. 110, pp. 1514-1524, September 2001.
McDermott HJ: “Interfacing electronic circuits to neural systems,” Tutorial Short Course on Biomedical Electronics, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 1.4.1 - 1.4.15. Sydney, Australia, 6 - 9 May 2001. (invited)
McDermott HJ, Knight MR: “Preliminary results with the AVR ImpaCt frequency-transposing hearing aid,” Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, vol. 12, pp. 121-127, March 2001.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Carlyon RP: “Place and temporal cues in pitch perception: are they truly independent?” Acoustics Research Letters Online, vol. 1, pp. 25-30, July 2000.
McDermott HJ, Dean MR: “Speech perception with steeply sloping hearing loss: effects of frequency transposition,” British Journal of Audiology, vol. 34, pp. 353-361, December 2000.
Henry BA, McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “The relationship between speech perception and electrode discrimination in cochlear implantees,” J Acoust Soc Am, vol. 108, pp. 1269-1280, 2000.
Irvine DRF, Rajan R, McDermott HJ: “Injury-induced reorganization in the adult auditory cortex and its perceptual consequences,” Hearing Research, vol. 147, pp. 188 –199, 2000.
Dean MR, Kornblum MS, McDermott HJ: “Comparison of hearing thresholds measured with supra-aural headphones and earphones fitted to custom earmoulds,” Asia-Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing, vol. 5, pp. 59-65, 2000.
McDermott HJ, Dorkos VP, Dean MR, Ching TYC: “Improvements in speech perception with use of the AVR TranSonic frequency-transposing hearing aid,” Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, vol. 42, pp. 1323-1335, 1999.
Dean MR, McDermott HJ: “Preferred listening levels: The effect of background noise for moderate-to-profoundly hearing-impaired aid users,” Scandinavian Audiology, vol. 29, pp.139-149, 2000.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ: “The perceptual effects of current pulse duration in electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve,” J Acoust Soc Am, vol. 106, pp. 998-1009, August 1999.
Zakis JA, McDermott HJ: “A new digital sound processor for hearing research,” Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society conference “Biomedical Research in the Third Millennium,” pp. 54-57, Melbourne, Australia, February 22-23, 1999.
Henry BA, McDermott HJ, McKay CM, James CJ, Clark GM: “A frequency importance function for a new monosyllabic word test,” Austral J Audiol, vol. 20, pp. 79-86, 1998.
McDermott HJ: “How cochlear implants have expanded our understanding of speech perception,” Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 2251-2256, Hong Kong, October - November 1998. (invited)
McDermott HJ, Lech M, Kornblum MS, Irvine DRF: “Loudness perception and frequency discrimination in subjects with steeply-sloping hearing loss: possible correlates of neural plasticity,” J Acoust Soc Am, vol. 104, pp. 2314-2325, 1998.
McDermott HJ, Dean MR, Dillon H: “Control of hearing-aid saturated sound pressure level by frequency-shaped output compression limiting,” Scandinavian Audiology, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 27-38, 1999.
Quar TK, McDermott HJ, James CJ: “Threshold measurements and gain prescription with a highly-configurable digital hearing aid,” Asia-Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing, vol. 3, pp. 109-121, 1998.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ: “Loudness perception with pulsatile electrical stimulation: the effect of interpulse intervals,” J Acoust Soc Am, vol 104, pp 1061-1074, 1998.
McDermott HJ: “A programmable sound processor for advanced hearing aid research,” IEEE Trans Rehab Engr, vol 6, pp 53-59, March 1998.
Stainsby TH, McDermott HJ, McKay CM, Clark GM: “Preliminary results on spectral shape perception and discrimination of musical sounds by normal-hearing subjects and cochlear implantees,” Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, pp 11-14, 1997
McDermott HJ, McKay CM: “Musical pitch perception with electrical stimulation of the cochlea,” J Acoust Soc Am, vol 101, pp 1622-1631, 1997.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ: “Signal coding for cochlear implants: the effects of pulse width,” in Cochlear Implants (XVI World Congress of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery), ed: GM Clark, Monduzzi Editore, Bologna, Italy, pp 137-141, 1997.
Henry BA, McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “Speech cues for cochlear implantees: spectral discrimination,” ,” in Cochlear Implants (XVI World Congress of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery), ed: GM Clark, Monduzzi Editore, Bologna, Italy, pp. 89-93, 1997.
McDermott HJ, McKay CM: “Loudness ratio production by cochlear implantees using the Spectral Maxima Sound Processor,” Scandinavian Audiology, vol 25, pp 83-90, 1996.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ: “The perception of temporal patterns for electrical stimulation presented at one or two intracochlear sites,” J Acoust Soc Am, vol 100, pp 1081-1092, 1996.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “The perceptual dimensions of single-electrode and nonsimultaneous dual-electrode stimuli in cochlear implantees,” J Acoust Soc Am, 99: 1079-1090, 1996.
Jones PA, McDermott HJ, Seligman PM, Millar JB: “Coding of voice-source information in the Nucleus cochlear implant system,” Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, vol 104, suppl 166, pp 362-365, 1995.
Seligman PM, McDermott HJ: “Architecture of the Spectra-22 speech processor,” Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, vol 104, suppl 166, pp 139-141, 1995.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “Loudness summation for two channels of stimulation in cochlear implants: effects of spatial and temporal separation,” Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, vol 104, suppl 166, pp 230-233, 1995.
Whitford LA, Seligman PM, Everingham CE, Antognelli T, Skok MC, Hollow RD, Plant KL, Gerin ES, Staller SJ, McDermott HJ, Gibson WR, Clark GM: “Evaluation of the Nucleus SPECTRA-22 processor and new speech processing strategy (SPEAK) in postlinguistically deafened adults,” Acta Oto-Laryngologica, vol 115, pp 629-637, 1995.
McDermott HJ: “Speech processing using selected spectral features,” Abstracts of the 100th NIH Consensus Development Conference: Cochlear Implants in Adults and Children, pp 49-52, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, May 1995. (invited)
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “Pitch matching of amplitude-modulated current pulse trains by cochlear implantees: The effect of modulation depth,” J Acoust Soc Am, 97: 1777-1785, 1995.
Clark GM, Whitford LA, van Hoesel RJM, McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Seligman PM, Vandali AE, Pyman BC, Cowan RC: “Comparison of the SPEAK (Spectral Maxima) and Multipeak speech processing strategies and improved speech perception in background noise,” J Otolaryng Soc Austral, vol 2, pp 75-78, 1995.
Skinner MW, Clark GM, Whitford LA, Seligman PM, Staller SJ, Shipp DB, Shallop JK, Everingham C, Menapace CM, Arndt PL, Antognelli T, Brimacombe JA, Pijl S, Daniels P, George CR, McDermott HJ, Beiter AL: “Evaluation of a new spectral peak (SPEAK) coding strategy for the Nucleus 22-channel cochlear implant system,” Am J Otol, vol 15 (suppl 2), pp 15-27, November 1994.
McDermott HJ, McKay CM: “Pitch ranking with non-simultaneous dual-electrode electrical stimulation of the cochlea,” J Acoust Soc Am, 96: 155-162, 1994.
McKay CM, Vandali AE, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “Speech processing for cochlear implants: variations of the Spectral Maxima Sound Processor strategy,” Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh), vol 114, pp 52-58, 1994.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “Pitch percepts associated with amplitude-modulated current pulse trains in cochlear implantees,” J Acoust Soc Am, 96: 2664-2673, 1994.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Vandali AE and Clark GM: “The Spectral Maxima Sound Processor: recent findings in speech perception and psychophysics,” in Advances in Cochlear Implants: Proc 3rd International Cochlear Implant Conference, Innsbruck, Austria, April 1993, edited by I. J. Hochmair-Desoyer and E. S. Hochmair (Manz, Wien), pp. 141-146, 1994.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ: “Perceptual performance of subjects with cochlear implants using the Spectral Maxima Sound Processor (SMSP) and the Mini Speech Processor (MSP),” Ear Hear, vol 14, pp 350-367, 1993.
McDermott HJ, Vandali AE, van Hoesel RV, McKay CM, Harrison JM, Cohen LT: “A portable programmable digital sound processor for cochlear implant research,” IEEE Trans Rehab Engr, 1: 94-100, 1993.
Whitford LA, Seligman PM, Blamey PJ, McDermott HJ, Patrick JF: “Comparison of current speech coding strategies,” in Cochlear Implants: New Perspectives, eds Fraysse B & Deguine O, Adv Otorhinolaryngol 48: 85-90, 1993.
Jones PA, McDermott HJ, Seligman PM, Millar JB: “An extension of the Multipeak speech processing strategy for the MSP/Mini-22 cochlear implant system,” Proc 4th Austral Int Conf on Speech Science and Technology, pp 268-272, Brisbane, 1992.
Moxham JRE, Jones PA, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “A new algorithm for voicing detection and voice pitch estimation based on the Neocognitron,” Neural Networks for Signal Processing - Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark, pp 204-213, September 1992.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Vandali AE: “A new speech processor providing improved speech discrimination in noise and in quiet for the Mini System 22 implant,” Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Tactile Aids, Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants, Stockholm, Sweden, June 1992, pp 83-90.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Vandali AE, Clark GM: “A comparison of speech perception of cochlear implantees using the Spectral Maxima Sound Processor (SMSP) and the MSP (MULTIPEAK) processor,” Acta Otolaryngologica (Stockh), 112: 752-761, 1992.
McDermott HJ, McKay CM, Vandali AE: “A new portable sound processor for the University of Melbourne/Nucleus Limited multielectrode cochlear implant,” J Acoust Soc Am 91: 3367-3371, June 1992.
Shepherd RK, Dowell RC, Xu S-A, McDermott HJ, McKay CM, Clark GM: “Multichannel cochlear implants in children: an overview of experimental and clinical results at the University of Melbourne,” in Transplants and Implants in Otology II, eds Yanagihara N & Suzuki J, Kugler Publications, Amstersdam, The Netherlands, 1992, pp 253-266.
McDermott HJ, McKay CM, Vandali AE: “An improved sound processor for a multiple-channel cochlear implant,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Orlando, Florida, USA, November 1991, vol 13, no 4, pp 1903-1904. (invited)
McDermott HJ: “A custom-designed receiver-stimulator chip for an advanced multiple-channel hearing prosthesis,” IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 26 (8): 1161-1164, August 1991.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Vandali AE, Clark GM: “Preliminary results with a six spectral maxima sound processor for the University of Melbourne/Nucleus multiple-electrode cochlear implant,” J Otolaryng Soc Austral, 6: 354-359, January 1991.
Lim HH, McDermott HJ, Tong YC, Wills R: “Approximation of intracochlear electrode impedance from telemetered measurements in a multi-electrode cochlear implant patient,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Philadelphia, USA, November 1990, vol 12, no 5, pp 2288-2289.
McDermott HJ: “An advanced multiple channel cochlear implant,” IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, Special Issue on Functional Electrical Stimulation, 36(7): 789-797, July 1989.
McDermott HJ: “A cochlear implant for simultaneous multichannel stimulation,” Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1987, 96 (Supplement 128): 67-69.
McDermott HJ: “A custom LSI CMOS chip for a cochlear implant,” J Elect Electron Eng Aust 1984, 4: 305-309.
Abstracts
- under review:
Umat C, McKay C, McDermott H: “Frequency resolution and its relationship to the speech perception of adult cochlear implantees,” submitted to the Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Asilomar, USA, August 2005.
Hill P, McDermott H: “Music perception by cochlear implant users: How does filtering and/or compression affect sound quality?” submitted to the British Society of Audiology Short Papers meeting on Experimental Studies on Hearing and Deafness, University College London, 16-17 September 2004.
McDermott HJ: “Cochlear implants,” submitted for inclusion in the Encyclopedia of Human Development, ed: NJ Salkind, Sage Publications, April 2004. (invited)
- published or in press:
Looi V, McDermott H, McKay C, Hickson L: “Music perception of cochlear implant and hearing aid users,” accepted for the 11th World Congress of Music Therapy, 19-23 July 2005, Brisbane. (in press)
Hill P, McDermott H: “Music perception by cochlear implantees: does filtering and/or compression affect sound quality?” Abstract 15 of the Frontiers in Otorhinolaryngology conference, Noosa Heads, Queensland, 28-30 July 2004.
Looi V, McDermott H, McKay C, Hickson L: “Pitch discrimination and melody recognition by cochlear implant users,” Abstract of the Frontiers in Otorhinolaryngology conference, Noosa Heads, Queensland, 28-30 July 2004.
McDermott H, Simpson A, Hersbach A: “Frequency compression can enhance speech perception for hearing-aid users,” abstracts of the International Hearing Aid Research Conference IHCON 2004, p 25, Lake Tahoe, California, USA, 25-29 August 2004. (invited)
Zakis J, McDermott H, Dillon H, Smeds K: “A real-time normal- and impaired-hearing loudness estimator and data logger for hearing research,” abstract A22 of the International Hearing Aid Research Conference IHCON 2004, p 40. Lake Tahoe, California, USA, August 2004.
Simpson A, Hersbach AA, McDermott HJ: “Performance of an experimental frequency-compression hearing aid,” abstracts of the XVI National Conference of the Audiological Society of Australia (May 17 - 20, 2004), Brisbane, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology, vol. 26, Supplement 2004, pp. 40 - 41.
Swanson B, McDermott H, Blamey P, Patrick J: “Pitch perception with Half-Wave Gating audio processing,” Poster 40, 7th European Symposium on Paediatric Cochlear Implantation (May 2 – 5, 2004), Geneva, Switzerland.
McDermott HJ, Looi V: “Perception of complex signals, including musical sounds, with cochlear implants,” Abstract 93, p. 64, VIII International Cochlear Implant Conference (May 10 - 13, 2004), Indianapolis, Indiana USA. (invited)
Swanson B, McDermott H, Blamey P, Patrick J: “Pitch perception with Half-Wave Gating audio processing,” Abstract 288, p. 120, VIII International Cochlear Implant Conference (May 10 - 13, 2004), Indianapolis, Indiana USA.
Looi V, McDermott H, McKay C, Hickson L: “Pitch discrimination and melody recognition by cochlear implant users,” Abstract 282, p. 119, VIII International Cochlear Implant Conference (May 10 - 13, 2004), Indianapolis, Indiana USA.
Simpson A, Hersbach AA, McDermott HJ: “Performance of a Novel Frequency-Compression Hearing Aid,” abstract and handout PP126, American Academy of Audiology conference (31 March – 3 April 2004).
McDermott HJ, Sucher CM, McKay CM: “Speech intelligibility with a cochlear implant sound-processing scheme based on loudness models,” abstracts of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Cancun, Mexico, 17-21 September 2003, p. 215.
Hersbach AA, McDermott HJ: “Controlling hearing aid feedback using frequency transposition,” Paper 2287, Proceedings of the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Sydney, Australia, 24 – 29 August 2003.
McDermott H, McKay CM, Sucher CM: “A new sound processing paradigm based on psychophysical models of electric and acoustic hearing,” abstracts of the Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Asilomar, USA, p. 20, 17 - 22 August 2003. (invited)
Blamey P, Dickson B, Grant L, Swanson B, McDermott H, Patrick J: “Innovative signal processing in cochlear implants,” abstracts of the Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Asilomar, USA, p. 30, 17 - 22 August 2003.
Swanson B, Blamey P, McDermott H, Patrick J: “Audio processing incorporating temporal cues to improve pitch perception,” abstracts of the Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Asilomar, USA, p. 108, 17 - 22 August 2003.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Henshall KR, Richardson LM: “Intensity coding for speech processors,” abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology mid-winter meeting, p. 210, 22 – 27 February 2003.
Swanson B, Blamey PJ, McDermott HJ, Patrick JF: “Pitch ranking of pure tones with ACE and HWG strategies,” Abstracts of the International Cochlear Implant Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom, 4 - 6 September, 2002.
Looi V, McDermott HJ: “Music perception of cochlear implant users,” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Otorhinolaryngology conference, p. 40, Noosa Heads, Queensland, July 31 – August 2, 2002.
Stainsby TH, McDermott HJ, McKay CM, Clark GM: “Musical timbre perception with cochlear implants: investigations using forward masking,” Abstracts of the 7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, p. 62, Sydney, Australia, July 17-21, 2002.
McDermott HJ, Blamey PJ, Dawson P, Fearn RA, Grayden DB, Henshall KR, James CJ, Just Y, Knight MR, Martin LFA, McKay CM, Plant KL, Tari S, Vandali AE, Clark GM, Cowan RSC: “Improved sound processing for cochlear implants,” the VI European Symposium on Paediatric Cochlear Implantation, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, February 2002. (invited)
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Henshall KR, Farrel RJ: “An advanced method of controlling loudness in sound processors for cochlear implants,” the VI European Symposium on Paediatric Cochlear Implantation, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, February 2002.
McDermott HJ: “Advances in sound processing for hearing aids and cochlear implants,” Abstract for the Conference on Hearing in Isolation, Broken Hill, N.S.W., Australia, September 2001. (invited)
McDermott HJ, McKay CM, Henshall KR: “Combining electric and acoustic hearing: perceptual characteristics and improved sound processing,” Abstract for the Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, p. 32, Asilomar, USA, August 2001. (invited)
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Henshall KR: “The loudness of complex electrical stimuli,” Abstract for the Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, p. 28, Asilomar, USA, August 2001.
Vandali AE, Harrison JM, van Hoesel R, McDermott HJ, Zakis JA, Cowan RSC, Saunders E: “An advanced speech processor for cochlear implant and hearing aid research,” Abstract for the Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, p. 120, Asilomar, USA, August 2001.
Zakis JA, McDermott HJ, Fisher MA: “A high performance digital hearing aid for advanced sound processing research,” Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (Victorian Chapter) Conference “Biomedical Research in 2001,” pp. 17-20, Monash University, Victoria, Australia, February 19-20, 2001.
McDermott HJ: “Auditory perception with sloping high-frequency hearing loss, and the limited benefit of frequency transposition,” Abstract PA8 of the IHCON 2000 International Hearing Aid Research Conference, p. 38, Lake Tahoe, California, USA, August 2000.
McDermott HJ, Henshall K, McKay CM: “Improvements in speech perception for cochlear implantees with compression of input signals,” Abstracts of the Frontiers in Otorhinolaryngology 2000 Conference, p. 23, Adelaide, August 2000.
Dorkos VP, McDermott HJ, Dean MR: “An evaluation of the AVR TranSonic frequency transposing hearing aid,” Abstracts of the XXV International Congress of Audiology, p. 93, The Hague, The Netherlands, August 2000.
McDermott HJ: “Perceptual characteristics of a sloping high-frequency hearing loss, and the effects of frequency transposition,” Abstracts of the Hearing Aid Amplification for the New Millennium conference, p. 54, Sydney, November 1999.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Henshall KR: “The interaction of place-pitch and loudness percepts,” Abstracts of the Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, p. 29, Asilomar, USA, August 1999.
Stainsby TH, McDermott HJ, McKay CM, Clark GM: “Musical timbre perception investigated using forward masking,” Abstracts of the Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, p. 135, Asilomar, USA, August 1999.
McDermott HJ: “How cochlear implants have expanded our understanding of speech perception,” Abstracts of the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, no. MS8.1-1, p. 67, Hong Kong, October - November 1998. (invited)
McDermott HJ, Lech M, Kornblum MS, Irvine DRF: “Frequency discrimination in subjects with high-frequency hearing loss: indications of cortical plasticity?,” Abstract O14 for the British Society of Audiology short-papers meeting, Nottingham, UK, September 1997; Br J Audiol, vol. 32, pp. 125-126, 1998.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ: “A loudness model for electrical stimulation: implications for physiological differences among cochlear implantees,” Abstract O9 for the British Society of Audiology short-papers meeting, Nottingham, UK, September 1997, Br J Audiol 1998, vol. 32, p. 122.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ: “Perceptual effects of interpulse interval and pulse duration at suprathreshold levels,” Abstract for invited presentation to the Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Asilomar, California, USA, p. 19, August 1997.
Henry BA, McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “The relationship between speech information perceived by cochlear implantees in different spectral regions and electrode discrimination,” Abstract for Poster 13, p. 74, Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Asilomar, California, USA, August 1997.
Henry BA, McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “The relationship between speech information perceived by cochlear implantees in different spectral regions and electrode discrimination,” Abstracts of 133rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Pennsylvania, USA; J Acoust Soc Am vol. 101, no. 5, pt. 2, p. 3199, May 1997.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ: “Signal coding for cochlear implants: the effects of pulse width,” Abstract FP373, XVI World Congress of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Sydney, Australia, p. 192, March 1997.
Henry BA, McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “Speech cues perceived by cochlear implantees: spectral discrimination,” Abstract FP116, XVI World Congress of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Sydney, Australia, pp. 120-121, March 1997.
Dillon H, Storey L, McDermott H: “Selecting MPO for hearing aids: a theoretical procedure and experimental validation,” Abstracts of the Issues in Advanced Hearing Aid Research conference, Lake Arrowhead, California, USA, pp. 13-14, May 1996.
Henry BA, McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “The importance of different frequency bands to the speech perception of cochlear implantees,” Abstracts of the Audiological Society of Australia Conference, Brisbane, Australia; Aust J Audiol, vol. 17 (suppl.), p. 44, May 1996.
McDermott HJ, McKay CM: “Perception of musical pitch with electrical stimulation of the cochlea,” Abstracts of 131st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Indianapolis, USA; J Acoust Soc Am vol. 99, no. 4, pt. 2, p. 2584, April 1996.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ: “The effect on pitch and loudness of major interpulse intervals within modulated current pulse trains in cochlear implantees,” Abstracts of 131st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Indianapolis, USA, J Acoust Soc Am vol. 99, no. 4, pt. 2, p. 2584, April 1996.
McDermott HJ, McKay CM: “Musical pitch perception by a user of the Nucleus 22-electrode cochlear implant,” Abstracts of the IIIrd International Congress on Cochlear Implant, p. 278, Paris, France, April 1995.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “Temporal integration of pulsatile stimuli distributed across multiple electrodes,” Abstracts of the IIIrd International Congress on Cochlear Implant, p. 128, Paris, France, April 1995.
McDermott HJ, McKay CM: “Musical pitch perception by users of the Nucleus 22-electrode cochlear implant,” Abstracts of the International Cochlear Implant, Speech and Hearing Symposium, p. 189, Melbourne, 1994.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “Temporal pitch coding for cochlear implantees: the effects of modulation depth on pitch matching tasks,” Abstracts of the International Cochlear Implant, Speech and Hearing Symposium, p. 191, Melbourne, 1994.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “The perceptual dimensions of two-channel electrical stimulation in cochlear implantees,” Abstracts of the International Cochlear Implant, Speech and Hearing Symposium, p. 192, Melbourne, 1994.
Pegg PM, McDermott HJ: “Loudness summation in subjects with severe hearing loss,” Abstracts of the International Cochlear Implant, Speech and Hearing Symposium, p. 227, Melbourne, 1994.
Seligman PM, McDermott HJ: “Architecture of the Spectra-22 speech processor,” Abstracts of the International Cochlear Implant, Speech and Hearing Symposium, p. 254, Melbourne, 1994.
Whitford LA, Seligman PM, Staller SJ, Dowell RC, Skinner MW, Everingham C, McDermott HJ, Shipp DB, Shallop JK, Pijl S, Daniels P, George CS, Clark GM: “Multi-centre evaluation of the new Spectra-22 speech processor for the Nucleus 22-channel cochlear implant system,” Abstracts of the International Cochlear Implant, Speech and Hearing Symposium, p. 311, Melbourne, 1994.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “Loudness summation for two channels of stimulation in cochlear implants: effects of spatial and temporal separation,” Abstracts of the International Cochlear Implant, Speech and Hearing Symposium, p. 190, Melbourne, 1994.
Jones PA, McDermott HJ, Seligman PM, Millar JB: “The coding of voice-source information in the Nucleus multi-channel cochlear implant system,” Abstracts of the International Cochlear Implant, Speech and Hearing Symposium, p. 146, Melbourne, 1994.
Dowell, RC, Seligman PM, McDermott HJ, Whitford LA, Blamey PJ, Clark GM: “Signal processing for multichannel cochlear implants, past, present and future,” Proc 11th Nat Conf of Audiol Soc Austral., Melbourne, Australia, April 1994; Aust J Audiol, vol. 15, suppl. 2, p. 41, 1994.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “The beneficial use of channel interactions for the improvement of speech perception for multichannel cochlear implants,” Proc 11th Nat Conf of Audiol Soc Austral., Melbourne, Australia, April 1994; Aust J Audiol, vol. 15, suppl. 2, pp. 21-22, 1994.
McDermott HJ, McKay CM: “Loudness growth characteristics of cochlear implantees using the Spectral Maxima Sound Processor,” Proc 11th Nat Conf of Audiol Soc Austral., Melbourne, Australia, April 1994; Aust J Audiol, vol. 15, suppl. 2, p. 21, 1994.
Tobey EA, Blamey PJ, McDermott HJ, McKay CM: “Effects of rate and pulse manipulations of the Spectral Maxima Speech Processor upon speech production,” Abstracts of 1993 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA, July 1993.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “Temporal pitch coding for cochlear implantees: the effects of carrier rate and amplitude-modulation of pulsatile electrical stimuli,” Abstracts of 125th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Ottawa, Canada; J Acoust Soc Am, vol. 93, no. 4, pt. 2, p. 2333, April 1993.
McKay CM, Vandali AE, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “Speech processing for cochlear implants: variations of the Spectral Maxima Sound Processor,” Abstract no. 14.1 of the 3rd International Cochlear Implant Conference, Innsbruck, Austria, April 1993.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “The pitch of amplitude-modulated electrical stimuli in cochlear implantees,” Abstract no. 4.1 of the 3rd International Cochlear Implant Conference, Innsbruck, Austria, April 1993.
McDermott HJ, McKay CM: “Inter-electrode place-pitch perception by cochlear implantees,” Abstract no. 4.8 of the 3rd International Cochlear Implant Conference, Innsbruck, Austria, April 1993.
Dowell RC, Blamey PJ, McDermott HJ, Clark GM: “Future directions in the clinical application of multichannel cochlear prostheses,” Abstract no. 125 of the First European Symposium on Paediatric Cochlear Implantation, Nottingham, UK, September 1992.
Cowan RSC, Dowell RC, McDermott HJ, McKay CM, Clark GM: “Improvements in speech processing for the Nucleus cochlear implant,” Abstracts of the International Symposium on Cochlear Implants, Toulouse, France, p. 130, June 1992.
McDermott HJ, McKay CM: “Place pitch perception with multiple-electrode cochlear implants: the use of concurrent activation of nearby electrodes to produce additional pitch percepts,” Abstracts of the 10th National Conference of the Audiological Society of Australia, Barossa Valley, South Australia; Austral J Audiol, suppl. 5, p. 18, May 1992.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ: “Current advances in speech processing for the Mini System 22 implant,” Abstracts of the 10th National Conference of the Audiological Society of Australia, Barossa Valley, South Australia; Austral J Audiol, suppl. 5, p. 18, May 1992.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Vandali AE, Clark GM: “An improved speech processor for a 22-electrode cochlear implant,” Proceedings of the Annual General Meeting of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Terrigal, New South Wales, p. 60, March 1992.
McDermott HJ, McKay CM: “Improved information transfer of phoneme features with a multiple electrode cochlear implant,” Abstracts of the 122nd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Houston, Texas, USA; J Acoust Soc Am, vol. 90, no. 4, pt. 2, p. 2290, October 1991.
McDermott H, McKay C, Vandali A, Blamey P: “An improved sound processor for the University of Melbourne/Nucleus multielectrode cochlear implant,” Abstracts of the international symposium on natural and artificial control of hearing and balance, Rheinfelden, Switzerland, September 4-7, 1991, p. 36.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ, Vandali AE, Clark GM: “An improved speech processor for use with a 22-electrode cochlear implant,” Proceedings of the American Neurotology Society meeting, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, May 1991.
Shepherd RK, Dowell RC, Xu S-A, McDermott HJ, McKay CM, Clark GM: “Multichannel cochlear implants in children: an overview of experimental and clinical results at the University of Melbourne,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Transplants and Implants in Otology, OL4, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan, April 1991.
McKay CM, McDermott HJ: “Speech perception ability of adults with multiple-channel cochlear implants using the spectral maxima sound processor,” Abstracts of the 121st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; J Acoust Soc Am, vol. 89, no. 4, pt. 2, p. 1959, April 1991.
McDermott HJ: “A cochlear implant for simultaneous multichannel stimulation,” Abstracts of the International Cochlear Implant Symposium and Workshop, Melbourne, Australia, 1985, pp. 49-50.
McDermott HJ: “A custom LSI CMOS chip for a cochlear implant,” Proceedings of the Very Large Scale Integration Pacific Asian Region Conference 1984, pp. 71-72.
McDermott HJ: “The development of customized microcircuitry,” Proceedings of Australian National Biomedical Engineering Conference, November 1982, p. 16. (invited)
McDermott H, Looi V, Hill P: “Improving the perception of music and other complex sounds,” 2004 Cochlear Collaborative Research Report, p. 16.
McDermott H: “SpeL – a new paradigm for cochlear implant sound processing,” Nucleus Report, August/September 2003, p. 1.
McDermott H, McKay CM, Sucher CM, Richardson LM, Henshall KR: “SpeL – a new paradigm for cochlear implant sound processing,” 2003 Cochlear Collaborative Research Report, p. 13.
Swanson B, Blamey P, McDermott H: “Sound processing using auditory models,” 2003 Cochlear Collaborative Research Report, p. 12.
Contributor to annual research reports for the Human Communication Research Centre, the Co-operative Research Centre for Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Innovation (and formerly the CRC for Cochlear Implant, Speech and Hearing Research), the Bionic Ear Institute, and the Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne.
“An advanced multichannel cochlear implant for deafness,” co-author of annual progress reports for research grant NS-21027 to the US National Institutes of Health, 1985-1990.
Clark GM, Tong YC, Harrison JM, Vandali A, van Hoesel R, Lim HH, Lai WK, Denison M, Galvin KL, Hollow RD, McDermott HJ, Cohen LT, Chang JS, Busby PA, Wills RA, Millar JB. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. Final Quarterly Progress Report, NIH Contract NO1-DC-9-2400. 1 February 1989 - 30 December 1991.
Vandali A, Harrison JM, van Hoesel R, Galvin KL, McDermott HJ, Tong YC, Clark GM. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. Eleventh Quarterly Progress Report, NIH Contract NO1-DC-9-2400. 1 August-31 October 1991.
Vandali A, van Hoesel R, Harrison JM, Galvin KL, McDermott HJ, Tong YC, Clark GM. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. Tenth Quarterly Progress Report, NIH Contract NO1-DC-9-2400. 1 May-30 July 1991.
Tong YC, Harrison JM, Vandali A, van Hoesel R, McDermott HJ, Galvin KL, Cohen LT, Clark GM. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. Ninth Quarterly Progress Report, NIH Contract NO1-DC-9-2400. 1 February-30 April 1991.
Tong YC, Lim HH, Lai WK, Wills RA, McDermott HJ, Millar JB, Clark GM. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. Fifth Quarterly Progress Report, NIH Contract NO1-DC-9-2400. 1 March-31 May 1990.
Tong YC, Harrison JM, Lim HH, van Hoesel R, Vandali A, Hollow RD, McDermott HJ, Clark GM. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. Fourth Quarterly Progress Report, NIH Contract NO1-DC-9-2400. 1 December 1989-28 February 1990.
Tong YC, Lai WK, Denison M, Vandali A, Lim HH, Harrison JM, McDermott HJ, Hollow RD, Clark GM. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. Third Quarterly Progress Report, NIH Contract NO1-DC-9-2400. 1 August-1 November 1989.
Tong YC, Lim HH, Harrison JM, van Hoesel R, Hollow RD, Hollow RD, McDermott HJ, Clark GM. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. Second Quarterly Progress Report, NIH Contract NO1-DC-9-2400. 1 May-31 July 1989.
Tong YC, Lim HH, Harrison JM, van Hoesel R, Hollow RD, McDermott HJ, Clark GM. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. First Quarterly Progress Report, NIH Contract NO1-DC-9-2400. 1 February-30 April 1989.
Tong YC, Harrison JM, Huigen J, McDermott HJ, Clark GM. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. Ninth Quarterly Progress Report for NIH Contract NO1-NS-5-2388. 1 October-31 December, 1987.
Tong YC, Chang JS, Harrison JM, Huigen J, McDermott HJ, Clark GM. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. Eighth Quarterly Progress Report for NIH Contract NO1-NS-5-2388. 1 July-30 September, 1987.
Tong YC, Phyland CG, Harrison JM, Sorenson PM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. Seventh Quarterly Progress Report for NIH Contract NO1-NS-5-2388. 1 April-30 June, 1987.
Tong YC, Lim HH, Harrison JM, Sorenson PM, Huigen J, McDermott HJ, Clark GM. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. Sixth Quarterly Progress Report for NIH Contract NO1-NS-5-2388. 1 January-31 March, 1987.
Tong YC, Lim HH, Harrison JM, Sorenson PM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. Fifth Quarterly Progress Report for NIH Contract NO1-NS-5-2388. 1 October-31 December, 1986.
Tong YC, Harrison JM, Sorenson PM, Lim HH, Chang JS, McDermott HJ, Clark GM. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. Fourth Quarterly Progress Report for NIH Contract NO1-NS-5-2388. 1 July-30 September, 1986.
Tong YC, Phyland CG, Lim HH, Harrison JM, Sorenson PM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. Third Quarterly Progress Report for NIH Contract NO1-NS-5-2388. 1 April-30 June, 1986.
Tong YC, Harrison JM, Sorenson PM, McDermott HJ, Clark GM. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. Second Quarterly Progress Report for NIH Contract NO1-NS-5-2388. January 1-March 31, 1986.
Tong YC, Clark GM, Clark GM, Harrison JM, McDermott HJ. Speech processors for auditory prostheses. First Quarterly Progress Report for NIH Contract NO1-NS-5-2388. 1 October-31 December, 1985.
Unpublished lectures, seminars, etc.
“Hearing aids and cochlear implants,” seminar presented at the MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham, UK, on 2 March 2005. (invited)
“Hearing aids and cochlear implants,” seminar presented at Phonak AG, Stafa, Switzerland, on 17 May 2004. (invited)
“Hearing aids and cochlear implants – some synergies,” seminar presented at Cochlear Ltd., Lane Cove, NSW, on 8 July 2003. (invited)
“Current issues and advances in sound processing for cochlear implants,” seminars presented at Global Training Workshops for Cochlear Ltd., Lane Cove, NSW, on 19 November 2002, 14 January 2003, 1 April 2003, 8 April 2003, 8 July 2003, 5 August 2003, and 18 November 2003. (invited)
“Improvements in CI sound processors with input compression and loudness modelling,” seminar presented at Cochlear Ltd., Lane Cove, NSW, on 24 October 2001. (invited)
“Development and evaluation of frequency-transposing hearing aids,” seminar presented at Phonak AG, Stafa, Switzerland, September 2001. (invited)
Contributor to a “Programming brainstorming workshop,” organised by Cochlear Ltd., Kalorama, Victoria, Australia, July 2001. (invited)
“State-of-the-art assistive technology for the hearing impaired,” presentation to the Rehabilitation Bioengineering Seminar Series, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, October 27, 1998. (invited)
“Evaluation of the AVR TranSonic frequency-transposing hearing aid,” presentation to the “Research Advances in Diseases of the Ear” workshop, Department of Otolaryngology, the University of Melbourne, and the Bionic Ear Institute, November 20, 1998.
“Electric hearing: the development of the University of Melbourne / Cochlear Ltd cochlear implant,” presentation to the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, October 1997. (invited)
“Musical pitch perception by a user of the Nucleus 22-electrode cochlear implant,” presentation at the House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, USA, May 1995. (invited)
“Cochlear implants: speech and music research in Melbourne, Australia,” presentation at the Hopital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France, April 1995. (invited)
“Sound Signal Processing,” member of a Round Table chaired by BS Wilson at the IIIrd International Congress on Cochlear Implant, Paris, France, April 1995. (invited)
“Speech processor/implant hardware and engineering,” written course notes and verbal presentations to Cochlear Implant Training Workshops, Australian Bionic Ear and Hearing Research Institute: August 1993, October 1994, July 1995, March 1996.
“The Spectral Maxima Sound Processor: recent findings in speech perception and psychophysics,” presentation to 1993 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA, July 11-15, 1993 (invited).
“Speech processors for auditory prostheses,” presentation to the 22nd Neural Prosthesis Workshop, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, October 1991.
“Cochlear implant research,” presentations to the School of Physics, University of Melbourne: August 1, 1988; May 26, 1989; May 25, 1990.
“An advanced multiple channel cochlear implant,” presentation to European Multiple Channel Cochlear Implant Study Group, University of Melbourne, December 1987.
“Speech processors for auditory prostheses,” presentation to the 17th Neural Prosthesis Workshop, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, October 1986.
Design review of 100,000-transistor VLSI chip for automatic speech recognition, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization VLSI Program, Adelaide, South Australia, July 1983. (invited)
“The development of customized microcircuitry,” presentation to the Australian National Biomedical Engineering Conference, November 1982. (invited)
“Custom integrated circuit development,” presentation to Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Melbourne, June 30, 1982.
Numerous verbal reports and seminars to the Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne, and the National Acoustic Laboratories, Chatswood, NSW.