Blake S. Wilson, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Surgery and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences  


Blake S. Wilson
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Web Page: http://faculty.duhs.duke.edu/faculty/info?pid=2134

Research Interests:

Wilson is interested in the design of cochlear implants and other neural prostheses for restoration of sensory functions. The design includes considerations of processing in the brain (the receiver) as well as processing in the periphery (the transmitter).

Specialties:

Signal Processing
Neural Prosthesis
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Honorary Doctor of Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 2014
Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, 2014
Inaugural Inductee into the Bull City Hall of Fame, 2014
Life Fellow, IEEE, 2014
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, 2013
Distinguished Alumnus, Pratt School of Engineering, 2007
Guest of Honor at 13 international conferences, 2006-
Representative Publications

  1. D Tucci, MH Merson, BS Wilson, A summary of the literature on global hearing impairment: current status and priorities for action., Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology, vol. 31 no. 1 (January, 2010), pp. 31-41  [abs].
  2. Tucci, D. and Merson, M. H. and Wilson, B. S., A summary of the literature on global hearing impairment: current status and priorities for action, Otol Neurotol, vol. 31 no. 1 (2010), pp. 31--41 [query.fcgi]  [abs].
  3. Wilson, B. S., Partial deafness cochlear implantation (PDCI) and electric-acoustic stimulation (EAS), Cochlear Implants International, vol. 11 no. Suppl 1 (2010), pp. 56--66 .
  4. BS Wilson, MF Dorman, Cochlear implants: a remarkable past and a brilliant future., Hearing research, vol. 242 no. 1-2 (August, 2008), pp. 3-21 [doi]  [abs].
  5. Wilson, B. S. and Lopez-Poveda, E. A. and Schatzer, R., Use of auditory models in developing coding strategies for cochlear implants, edited by Meddis, R. and Lopez-Poveda, E. A. and Popper, A. and Fay, R. R., Computational Models of the Auditory System, vol. Volume 35 in the Springer Handbook of Au (2010), pp. 237--260, Springer-Verlag .
  6. BS Wilson, MF Dorman, Cochlear implants: current designs and future possibilities., Journal of rehabilitation research and development, vol. 45 no. 5 (2008), pp. 695-730  [abs].
  7. Wilson, B. S. and Dorman, M. F., The design of cochlear implants, Cochlear Implants: Principles \& Practices, Second Edition (2009), pp. 95--135, Lippincott Williams \& Wilkins .
  8. SK An, SI Park, SB Jun, CJ Lee, KM Byun, JH Sung, BS Wilson, SJ Rebscher, SH Oh, SJ Kim, Design for a simplified cochlear implant system., IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering, vol. 54 no. 6 Pt 1 (June, 2007), pp. 973-82 [doi]  [abs].
  9. Wilson, B. S. Dorman M. F., Interfacing Sensors With the Nervous System: Lessons From the Development and Success of the Cochlear Implant, Sensors Journal, IEEE, vol. 8 no. 1 (2008), pp. 131--147  [abs].
  10. BS Wilson, MF Dorman, The surprising performance of present-day cochlear implants., IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering, vol. 54 no. 6 Pt 1 (June, 2007), pp. 969-72 [doi]  [abs].
  11. Wilson, Blake S. and Dorman, Michael F., Cochlear implants: A remarkable past and a brilliant future, Hearing Research, vol. 242 (2008), pp. 3--21  [abs].
  12. BS Wilson, R Schatzer, EA Lopez-Poveda, X Sun, DT Lawson, RD Wolford, Two new directions in speech processor design for cochlear implants., Ear and hearing, vol. 26 no. 4 Suppl (August, 2005), pp. 73S-81S  [abs].
  13. Wilson, B. S. and Dorman, M. F., Cochlear implants: current designs and future possibilities, J Rehabil Res Dev, vol. 45 no. 5 (2008), pp. 695--730 [query.fcgi]  [abs].
  14. BS Wilson, DT Lawson, JM Muller, RS Tyler, J Kiefer, Cochlear implants: some likely next steps., Annual review of biomedical engineering, vol. 5 (2003), pp. 207-49 [doi]  [abs].
  15. Wilson, B. S. and Dorman, M. F., The surprising performance of present-day cochlear implants, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, vol. 54 no. 6 Pt 1 (2007), pp. 969--72 [query.fcgi]  [abs].
  16. JT Rubinstein, BS Wilson, CC Finley, PJ Abbas, Pseudospontaneous activity: stochastic independence of auditory nerve fibers with electrical stimulation., Hearing research, vol. 127 no. 1-2 (January, 1999), pp. 108-18  [abs].
  17. An, S. K. and Park, S. I. and Jun, S. B. and Lee, C. J. and Byun, K. M. and Sung, J. H. and Wilson, B. S. and Rebscher, S. J. and Oh, S. H. and Kim, S. J., Design for a simplified cochlear implant system, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, vol. 54 no. 6 Pt 1 (2007), pp. 973--82 [query.fcgi]  [abs].
  18. BS Wilson, S Rebscher, FG Zeng, RV Shannon, GE Loeb, DT Lawson, M Zerbi, Design for an inexpensive but effective cochlear implant., Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 118 no. 2 (February, 1998), pp. 235-41  [abs].
  19. Wilson, B. S. and Schatzer, R. and Lopez-Poveda, E. A. and Sun, X. and Lawson, D. T. and Wolford, R. D., Two new directions in speech processor design for cochlear implants, Ear Hear, vol. 26 (2005), pp. 73S--81S .
  20. BS Wilson, CC Finley, DT Lawson, M Zerbi, Temporal representations with cochlear implants., The American journal of otology, vol. 18 no. 6 Suppl (November, 1997), pp. S30-4  [abs].
  21. Dorman, M. F. and Wilson, B. S., The design and function of the cochlear implants, Am Scientist, vol. 92 (2004), pp. 436--445 .
  22. BS Wilson, The future of cochlear implants., British journal of audiology, vol. 31 no. 4 (August, 1997), pp. 205-25  [abs].
  23. Wilson, B. S., Engineering design of cochlear implants, Cochlear Implants: Auditory Prostheses and Electric Hearing, vol. (Volume 20 in the Springer Handbook of A (2004), pp. 14--52, Springer-Verlag .
  24. BS Wilson, DT Lawson, M Zerbi, CC Finley, RD Wolford, New processing strategies in cochlear implantation., The American journal of otology, vol. 16 no. 5 (September, 1995), pp. 669-75  [abs].
  25. Wilson, B. S. and Lawson, D. T. and Muller, J. M. and Tyler, R. S. and Kiefer, J., Cochlear implants: some likely next steps, Annu Rev Biomed Eng, vol. 5 (2003), pp. 207--49 [query.fcgi]  [abs].
  26. BS Wilson, DT Lawson, CC Finley, RD Wolford, Importance of patient and processor variables in determining outcomes with cochlear implants., Journal of speech and hearing research, vol. 36 no. 2 (April, 1993), pp. 373-9  [abs].
  27. Wilson, B. S., Strategies for representing speech information with cochlear implants, Cochlear Implants: Principles \& Practices (2000), pp. 129--170, Lillincott Willliams \& Wilkins .
  28. BS Wilson, CC Finley, DT Lawson, RD Wolford, DK Eddington, WM Rabinowitz, Better speech recognition with cochlear implants., Nature, vol. 352 no. 6332 (July, 1991), pp. 236-8 [doi]  [abs].
  29. Rubinstein, J. T. and Wilson, B. S. and Finley, C. C. and Abbas, P. J., Pseudospontaneous activity: stochastic independence of auditory nerve fibers with electrical stimulation, Hearing Research, vol. 127 no. 1-2 (1999), pp. 108--118 [science]  [abs].
  30. BS Wilson, CC Finley, JC Farmer Jr, DT Lawson, BA Weber, RD Wolford, PD Kenan, MW White, MM Merzenich, RA Schindler, Comparative studies of speech processing strategies for cochlear implants., The Laryngoscope, vol. 98 no. 10 (October, 1988), pp. 1069-77 [doi]  [abs].
  31. Wilson, B. S. and Rebscher, S. and Zeng, F. G. and Shannon, R. V. and Loeb, G. E. and Lawson, D. T. and Zerbi, M., Design for an inexpensive but effective cochlear implant, Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, vol. 118 no. 2 (1998), pp. 235--41 [query.fcgi]  [abs].
  32. Wilson, B. S., The future of cochlear implants, Br J Audiol, vol. 31 no. 4 (1997), pp. 205--25 [query.fcgi]  [abs].
  33. Wilson, B. S. and Finley, C. C. and Lawson, D. T. and Zerbi, M., Temporal representations with cochlear implants, Am J Otol, vol. 18 no. 6 Suppl (1997), pp. S30--4 [query.fcgi]  [abs].
  34. Wilson, B. S. and Lawson, D. T. and Zerbi, M. and Finley, C. C. and Wolford, R. D., New processing strategies in cochlear implantation, Am J Otol, vol. 16 no. 5 (1995), pp. 669--75 [query.fcgi]  [abs].
  35. Wilson, B. S. and Lawson, D. T. and Finley, C. C. and Wolford, R. D., Importance of patient and processor variables in determining outcomes with cochlear implants, J Speech Hear Res, vol. 36 no. 2 (1993), pp. 373--9 [query.fcgi]  [abs].
  36. Wilson, B. S. and Finley, C. C. and Lawson, D. T. and Wolford, R. D. and Eddington, D. K. and Rabinowitz, W. M., Better speech recognition with cochlear implants, Nature, vol. 352 no. 6332 (1991), pp. 236--8 [query.fcgi]  [abs].
  37. Wilson, Blake S. and Finley, Charles C. and Lawson, Dewey T. and Wolford, Robert D., Speech Processors for Cochlear Prostheses, Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 76 no. 9 (1988), pp. 1143--1154 .
  38. Wilson, B. S. and Finley, C. C. and Farmer, J. C. Jr and Lawson, D. T. and Weber, B. A. and Wolford, R. D. and Kenan, P. D. and White, M. W. and Merzenich, M. M. and Schindler, R. A., Comparative studies of speech processing strategies for cochlear implants, Laryngoscope, vol. 98 no. 10 (1988), pp. 1069--77 [query.fcgi]  [abs].
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