Abstract: Provided are training methods and training systems that allow for spatially separated speech-in-noise and localization training. The methods and systems can provide spatial distinctness through the use of stimuli from multiple spatial locations. The methods and systems allow for training a student to segregate sound, localize, track sound, suppress information from one source to focus on another, and judge both movement and distance.

Abstract: A system and method for application of pseudospontaneous neural stimulation is provided that can generate stochastic independent activity across an excited nerve or neural population without an additional disadvantageous sensations. High rate pulse trains, for example, can produce random spike patterns in auditory nerve fibers that are statistically similar to those produced by spontaneous activity in the normal ear. This activity is called “pseudospontaneous activity”. Varying rates of pseudospontaneous activity can be created by varying the intensity of a fixed amplitude, high rate pulse train stimulus, e.g., 5000 pps. A method and apparatus for diagnosing treatment for tinnitus with neural prosthetic devices according to the present invention that can use, for example, physiological responses to pseudospontaneous activity in an auditory nerve prior to the implementation of the neural prosthetic.

Abstract: A system and method for application of pseudospontaneous neural stimulation is provided that can generate stochastic independent activity across an excited nerve or neural population without an additional disadvantageous sensations. High rate pulse trains, for example, can produce random spike patterns in auditory nerve fibers that are statistically similar to those produced by spontaneous activity in the normal ear. This activity is called “pseudospontaneous activity”. Varying rates of pseudospontaneous activity can be created by varying the intensity of a fixed amplitude, high rate pulse train stimulus, e.g., 5000 pps. A method and apparatus for diagnosing treatment for tinnitus with neural prosthetic devices according to the present invention that can use, for example, physiological responses to pseudospontaneous activity in an auditory nerve prior to the implementation of the neural prosthetic.

Abstract: A system and method for application of pseudospontaneous neural stimulation is provided that can generate stochastic independent activity across an excited nerve or neural population without an additional disadvantageous sensations. High rate pulse trains, for example, can produce random spike patterns in auditory nerve fibers that are statistically similar to those produced by spontaneous activity in the normal ear. This activity is called “pseudospontaneous activity”. Varying rates of pseudospontaneous activity can be created by varying the intensity of a fixed amplitude, high rate pulse train stimulus, e.g., 5000 pps. The pseudospontaneous activity can further desynchronize the nerve fiber population as a treatment for tinnitus but if indiscriminately applied can generate potentially uncomfortable biological and somatosensory sensations over intervals of time.