Blake Shaw Wilson

Bio

Prof. Wilson is the Director of the Duke Hearing Center and is an Adjunct or Consulting Professor in each of three departments at Duke: Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has been involved in the development of the cochlear implant (CI) for four decades and is the inventor of many of the signal processing strategies used with the present-day CIs. One of his papers, in the journal Nature, is the most highly cited publication in the principal field of CIs. He also has become keenly interested in global hearing healthcare and presently is the Chair of the Lancet Commission on Hearing Loss. He or he and his teams or colleagues have been recognized with a high number of awards and honors, including the 2015 Russ Prize, “for engineering cochlear implants that allow the deaf to hear,” and the 2013 Lasker~DeBakey Award, “for the development of the modern cochlear implant – a device that bestows hearing to individuals with profound deafness.” The Russ Prize is the world’s top honor for bioengineering and the Lasker Awards are second only to the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for recognizing advances in medicine and medical science. Prof. Wilson is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke (in 2007) and from the University as a whole (in 2019; the 42nd recipient of that Award). Additionally, he is a member of the USA’s National Academy of Engineering and is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Acoustical Society of America, and the National Academy of Inventors.

Education

• B.S.E.E. Duke University, 1974
• D.Sc. University of Warwick (United Kingdom), 2013
• D.Eng. University of Technology Sydney (Australia), 2014
• Ph.D. Duke University, 2015

Positions

• Adjunct Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
• Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Scholar in Residence in the Pratt School of Engineering
• Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute

Publications

• Stockton MA, Francis HW, West JS, Stelmach RD, Troutman Adams E, Kraemer JD, et al. Development of Measures for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Stigma: Introduction to the Special Supplement on Stigma Measurement Tools. Ear Hear. 2024 Sep;45(Suppl 1):4S-16S.
• Patterson RH, Suleiman O, Hapunda R, Wilson B, Chadha S, Tucci D. Towards universal access: A review of global efforts in ear and hearing care. Hear Res. 2024 Apr;445:108973.
• Prasad K, Borre ED, Dillard LK, Ayer A, Der C, Bainbridge KE, et al. Priorities for hearing loss prevention and estimates of global cause-specific burdens of hearing loss: a systematic rapid review. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Feb;12(2):e217–25.
• Borre ED, Kaalund K, Frisco N, Zhang G, Ayer A, Kelly-Hedrick M, et al. The Impact of Hearing Loss and Its Treatment on Health-Related Quality of Life Utility: a Systematic Review with Meta-analysis. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Feb;38(2):456–79.
• Borre ED, Ayer A, Der C, Ibekwe T, Emmett SD, Dixit S, et al. Validation of the Decision model of the Burden of Hearing loss Across the Lifespan (DeciBHAL) in Chile, India, and Nigeria. EClinicalMedicine. 2022 Aug;50:101502.
• Wilson BS, Tucci DL, Moses DA, Chang EF, Young NM, Zeng F-G, et al. Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence in Otolaryngology and the Communication Sciences. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2022 Jun;23(3):319–49.
• Borre ED, Myers ER, Dubno JR, O’Donoghue GM, Diab MM, Emmett SD, et al. Development and validation of DeciBHAL-US: A novel microsimulation model of hearing loss across the lifespan in the United States. EClinicalMedicine. 2022 Feb;44:101268.
• Lesica NA, Mehta N, Manjaly JG, Deng L, Wilson BS, Zeng FG. Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to transform hearing healthcare and research. Nature Machine Intelligence. 2021 Oct 1;3(10):840–9.
• Borre ED, Diab MM, Ayer A, Zhang G, Emmett SD, Tucci DL, et al. Evidence gaps in economic analyses of hearing healthcare: A systematic review. EClinicalMedicine. 2021 May;35:100872.
• Wilson BS, Tucci DL. Addressing the global burden of hearing loss. Lancet. 2021 Mar 13;397(10278):945–7.
• Garg S, Deshmukh CP, Singh MM, Borle A, Wilson BS. Challenges of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired in the Masked World of COVID-19. Indian J Community Med. 2021;46(1):11–4.
• Lopez-Poveda EA, Eustaquio-Martín A, Fumero MJ, Stohl JS, Schatzer R, Nopp P, et al. Lateralization of virtual sound sources with a binaural cochlear-implant sound coding strategy inspired by the medial olivocochlear reflex. Hear Res. 2019 Aug;379:103–16.
• Kral A, Dorman MF, Wilson BS. Neuronal Development of Hearing and Language: Cochlear Implants and Critical Periods. Annu Rev Neurosci. 2019 Jul 8;42:47–65.
• Wilson BS, Tucci DL, O’Donoghue GM, Merson MH, Frankish H. A Lancet Commission to address the global burden of hearing loss. Lancet. 2019 May 25;393(10186):2106–8.
• Lorens A, Kruszyńska M, Obrycka A, Skarzynski PH, Wilson B, Skarzynski H. Binaural advantages in using a cochlear implant for adults with profound unilateral hearing loss. Acta Otolaryngol. 2019 Feb;139(2):153–61.
• Tao D-D, Liu J-S, Yang Z-D, Wilson BS, Zhou N. Bilaterally Combined Electric and Acoustic Hearing in Mandarin-Speaking Listeners: The Population With Poor Residual Hearing. Trends Hear. 2018;22:2331216518757892.
• Wilson BS, Dorman MF. Stimulation for the Return of Hearing. In: Neuromodulation: Comprehensive Textbook of Principles, Technologies, and Therapies, Second Edition: Volume 1-3. 2018. p. 1209–21.
• Wilson BS, Dorman MF. A Brief History of the Cochlear Implant and Related Treatments. In: Neuromodulation: Comprehensive Textbook of Principles, Technologies, and Therapies, Second Edition: Volume 1-3. 2018. p. 1197–207.
• Wilson BS, Tucci DL, Merson MH, O’Donoghue GM. Global hearing health care: new findings and perspectives. Lancet. 2017 Dec 2;390(10111):2503–15.
• Tucci DL, Wilson BS, O’Donoghue GM. The Growing-and Now Alarming-Burden of Hearing Loss Worldwide. Otol Neurotol. 2017 Dec;38(10):1387–8.
• Wilson BS. The cochlear implant and possibilities for narrowing the remaining gaps between prosthetic and normal hearing. World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 Dec;3(4):200–10.
• Lopez-Poveda EA, Eustaquio-Martín A, Stohl JS, Wolford RD, Schatzer R, Gorospe JM, et al. Intelligibility in speech maskers with a binaural cochlear implant sound coding strategy inspired by the contralateral medial olivocochlear reflex. Hear Res. 2017 May;348:134–7.
• Wilson BS. The Modern Cochlear Implant: A Triumph of Biomedical Engineering and the First Substantial Restoration of Human Sense Using a Medical Intervention. IEEE Pulse. 2017;8(2):29–32.
• Pages DS, Ross DA, Puñal VM, Agashe S, Dweck I, Mueller J, et al. Effects of Electrical Stimulation in the Inferior Colliculus on Frequency Discrimination by Rhesus Monkeys and Implications for the Auditory Midbrain Implant. J Neurosci. 2016 May 4;36(18):5071–83.
• Wilson BS. Possibilities for narrowing the remaining gaps between prosthetic and normal hearing. The Hearing Journal. 2016.
• Lopez-Poveda EA, Eustaquio-Martín A, Stohl JS, Wolford RD, Schatzer R, Wilson BS. A Binaural Cochlear Implant Sound Coding Strategy Inspired by the Contralateral Medial Olivocochlear Reflex. Ear Hear. 2016;37(3):e138–48.
• Wilson BS. Cochlear prosthesis: Reference module. In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology. Oxford, UK: Elsevier; 2016.
• Lopez-Poveda EA, Eustaquio-Martín A, Stohl JS, Wolford RD, Schatzer R, Wilson BS. Roles of the Contralateral Efferent Reflex in Hearing Demonstrated with Cochlear Implants. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2016;894:105–14.
• Saunders JE, Barrs DM, Gong W, Wilson BS, Mojica K, Tucci DL. Cost Effectiveness of Childhood Cochlear Implantation and Deaf Education in Nicaragua: A Disability Adjusted Life Year Model. Otol Neurotol. 2015 Sep;36(8):1349–56.
• Wilson BS. A Quest for Quality: Closing Contrasts between Prosthetic and Normal Hearing. Hearing Journal. 2015 Aug 1;69(8):10–2.
• Wilson BS. Getting a decent (but sparse) signal to the brain for users of cochlear implants. Hear Res. 2015 Apr;322:24–38.
• Wilson BS, Dorman MF, Gifford RH, McAlpine D. Cochlear implant design considerations. In: Young NM, Iler Kirk K, editors. Cochlear Implants in Children: Learning and the Brain. New York: Springer; 2015.
• Wilson BS. The significance of the 2013 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award to the field of cochlear implants and for fulfilling the mission of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance. Vol. 2, ACI Alliance Calling (e-magazine). 2014. p. 7–7.
• Wilson BS. Toward better representations of sound with cochlear implants. Nat Med. 2013 Oct;19(10):1245–8.
• Wilson BS, Brackmann DE, Zeng FG. Editorial: Remembering William House, DDS, MD. Vol. 66, Hearing Journal. 2013. p. 3–3.
• Wilson BS. Retrospective valuations of intellectual property. Journal of Technology Transfer. 2012 Feb 1;37(1):124–33.
• Wilson BS, Lawson DT, Zerbi M, Finley CC. Design for an inexpensive but nonetheless highly effective cochlear implant system. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 179–81.
• Lawson DT, Wilson BS, Zerbi M, Finley CC. 22 electrode percutaneous study: results for the first five subjects. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 183` – 211.
• Wilson BS, Lawson DT, Zerbi M, Finley CC. Temporal representations with cochlear implants. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 331–44.
• Wilson BS, Dorman MF. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing, Inc.; 2012.
• Brill S, Lawson DT, Wolford RD, Wilson BS, Schatzer R. Psychophysical studies relating to combined EAS. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 275–305.
• Wilson BS, Finley CC, Zerbi M, Lawson DT, van den Honert C. High rate studies, subject SR2. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 361–85.
• Wilson BS, Finley CC, Zerbi M, Lawson DT. Strategies for the repair of deficits in temporal representations with cochlear implants. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 345–59.
• Wilson BS, Lawson DT, Finley CC, Zerbi M. Evaluation of other promising strategies. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 119–28.
• Wilson BS, Dorman MF. Overview. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 1–20.
• Wilson BS, Wolford RD, Lawson DT, Schatzer R. Speech reception with combined EAS. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 307–25.
• Lawson DT, Wilson BS, Wolfrod RD, Sun X, Schatzer R. Pitch ranking of electrodes for 22 subjects with bilateral cochlear implants. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 255–69.
• Wilson BS, Dorman MF. Signal processing strategies for cochlear implants. In: Ruckenstein MJ, editor. Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Hearing Devices. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 51–84.
• Wilson BS, Finley CC, Lawson DT. Comparison of analog and pulsatile coding strategies for multichannel cochlear prostheses. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 27–48.
• Wilson BS, Finley CC, Lawson DT. Evaluation of alternative implementations of the continuous interleaved sampling (CIS), interleaved pulses (IP), and peak picker (PP) processing strategies. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 69–89.
• Wilson BS, Finley CC, Lawson DT. Comparison of compressed analog (CA) and continuous interleaved sampling (CIS) processors in tests with seven Ineraid subjects. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 91–118.
• Wilson BS, Lawson DT, Zerbi M, Finley CC. Completion of “poor performance” series. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 129–40.
• Wilson BS, Lawson DT, Zerbi M, Finley CC. Auditory brainstem implant (ABI) studies. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 141–5.
• Wilson BS, Lawson DT, Zerbi DT. Virtual channel interleaved sampling (VCIS) processors: initial studies with subject SR2. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 147–55.
• Wilson BS, Zerbi M, Lawson DT. Identification of virtual channels on the basis of pitch. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 157–63.
• Wilson BS, Lawson DT, Zerbi M. Further evaluation of VCIS processors. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 165–78.
• Lawson DT, Wilson BS, Zerbi M, Finley CC. Speech reception with bilateral cochlear implants. In: Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 217–39.
• Wolford RD, Lawson DT, Schatzer R, Sun X, Wilson BS. Sensitivities to interaural timing differences. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 241–53.
• Wilson BS. Les implants cochléaires: un passé remarquable et un brillant avenir. Vol. 25, Sécurité routière et surdité. 2012. p. 46–9.
• Wilson BS, Finley CC, Lawson DT. New levels of speech reception with cochlear implants. In: Wilson BS, Dorman MF, editors. Better Hearing with Cochlear Implants: Studies at the Research Triangle Institute. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing; 2012. p. 59–68.
• Wilson BS. Treatments for partial deafness using combined electric and acoustic stimulation of the auditory system. Journal of Hearing Science. 2012;2:19–32.
• Dorman MF, Yost WA, Wilson BS, Gifford RH. Erratum: Speech perception and sound localization by adults with bilateral cochlear implants (Seminars in Hearing). Seminars in Hearing. 2011 Jul 25;32(2):212–4.
• Wilson BS. A 'top down' or 'cognitive neuroscience' approach to cochlear implant designs and fittings. Cochlear Implants Int. 2011 May;12 Suppl 1:S35–9.
• Dorman MF, Yost WA, Wilson BS, Gifford RH. Speech perception and sound localization by adults with bilateral cochlear implants. Seminars in Hearing. 2011 Feb 28;32(1):73–89.
• Wilson BS, Dorman MF. Remediation of severe or total losses of hearing with cochlear implants. In: Ahuja S, editor. Usher Syndrome: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Therapy. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers; 2011. p. 327–45.
• Wilson BS, Dorman MF, Woldorff MG, Tucci DL. Cochlear implants matching the prosthesis to the brain and facilitating desired plastic changes in brain function. Prog Brain Res. 2011;194:117–29.
• McElveen JT, Blackburn EL, Green JD, McLear PW, Thimsen DJ, Wilson BS. Remote programming of cochlear implants: a telecommunications model. Otol Neurotol. 2010 Sep;31(7):1035–40.
• Wilson BS. Partial deafness cochlear implantation (PDCI) and electric-acoustic stimulation (EAS). Cochlear Implants Int. 2010 Jun;11 Suppl 1:56–66.
• Tyler RS, Witt SA, Dunn CC, Perreau A, Parkinson AJ, Wilson BS. An attempt to improve bilateral cochlear implants by increasing the distance between electrodes and providing complementary information to the two ears. J Am Acad Audiol. 2010 Jan;21(1):52–65.
• Tucci D, Merson MH, Wilson BS. A summary of the literature on global hearing impairment: current status and priorities for action. Otol Neurotol. 2010 Jan;31(1):31–41.
• Wilson BS, Lopez-Poveda EA, Schaltzer R. Use of auditory models in developing coding strategies for cochlear implants. In: Meddis R, Loppez-Poveda EA, Popper A, Fay RR, editors. Computational Models of the Auditory System. New York: Springer-Verlag; 2010. p. 237–60.
• Niparko JK, Kirk KI, Mellon NK, Robbins AM, Tucci DL, Wilson BS, editors. Cochlear Implants Principles & Practices. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009.
• Wilson BS, Dorman MF. The design of cochlear implants. In: Niparko JK, Kirk KI, Mellon NK, Robbins AM, Tucci DL, Wilson BS, editors. Cochlear Implants: Principles & Practices. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009. p. 95–135.
• Wilson BS, Dorman MF. Stimulation for the Return of Hearing. In: Neuromodulation. 2009. p. 713–22.
• Niparko JK, Kirk KI, Mellon NK, Robbins AM, Tucci DL, Wilson BS, editors. Cochlear Implants Principles & Practices. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009.
• Loeb GE, Wilson BS. Cochlear prosthesis. In: Squire LR, editor. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 2009. p. 1051–954.
• Wilson BS, Dorman MF. The design of cochlear implants. Cochlear Implants: Principles & Practices, Second Edition. 2009;95–135.
• Wilson BS, Dorman MF. Cochlear implants: a remarkable past and a brilliant future. Hear Res. 2008 Aug;242(1–2):3–21.
• Wilson BS, Dorman MF. Cochlear implants: current designs and future possibilities. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2008;45(5):695–730.
• Wilson BS, Dorman MF. Interfacing Sensors With the Nervous System: Lessons From the Development and Success of the Cochlear Implant. Sensors Journal, IEEE. 2008;8(1):131–47.
• Buss E, Pillsbury HC, Buchman CA, Pillsbury CH, Clark MS, Haynes DS, et al. Multicenter U.S. bilateral MED-EL cochlear implantation study: speech perception over the first year of use. Ear Hear. 2008 Jan;29(1):20–32.
• An SK, Park S-I, Jun SB, Lee CJ, Byun KM, Sung JH, et al. Design for a simplified cochlear implant system. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2007 Jun;54(6 Pt 1):973–82.
• Wilson BS, Dorman MF. The surprising performance of present-day cochlear implants. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2007 Jun;54(6 Pt 1):969–72.
• Loeb GE, Wilson BS. Cochlear prosthesis. In: Adelman G, Smith BH, editors. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 2007.
• Wilson BS. Speech processing strategies. In: Cooper HR, Craddock LC, editors. Cochlear Implants: A Practical Guide. London and Philadelphia: Whurr Publishers Ltd; 2006. p. 21–69.
• Wilson BS, Schatzer R, Lopez-Poveda EA. Possibilities for a closer mimicking of normal auditory functions with cochlear implants. In: Waltzman SB, Roland Jr. JT, editors. Cochlear Implants. New York: Thieme Medical Publishers; 2006. p. 48–56.
• Wilson BS. Cochlear implants: A remarkable past and a brilliant future. In: Wein Med Wochenschr. 2006. p. 1–1.
• Wilson BS, Schatzer R, Lopez-Poveda EA, Sun X, Lawson DT, Wolford RD. Two new directions in speech processor design for cochlear implants. Ear Hear. 2005 Aug;26(4 Suppl):73S-81S.
• Wilson BS, Schatzer R, Lopez-Poveda EA, Sun X, Lawson DT, Wolford RD. Two new directions in speech processor design for cochlear implants. Ear Hearing. 2005;26:73S-81S.
• Wilson BS, Dorman MF. Restaurer l'audition avec des implants [Restoration of hearing with implants. Vol. 329, Pout la Science. 2005. p. 68–74.
• Wilson BS. Engineering design of cochlear implants. Cochlear Implants: Auditory Prostheses and Electric Hearing. 2004;(Volume 20 in the Springer Handbook of A:14–52.
• Wilson BS. Engineering design of cochlear implants. In: Zeng F-G, Popper AN, Fay RR, editors. Cochlear Implants: Auditory Prostheses and Electric Hearing. New York: Springer-Verlag; 2004. p. 14–52.
• Loeb GE, Wilson BS. Cochlear prosthesis. In: Adelman G, Smith BH, editors. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 2004.
• Dorman MF, Wilson BS. The design and function of the cochlear implants. Am Scientist. 2004;92:436–45.
• Wilson BS, Sun X, Schatzer R, Wolford RD. Representation of fine-structure or fine-frequency information with cochlear implant. International Congress Series. 2004;1273:3–6.
• Loeb GE, Wilson BS. Prosthetics, Sensory systems. In: Arbib MA, editor. Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press; 2003. p. 926–9.
• Wilson BS, Lawson DT, Muller JM, Tyler RS, Kiefer J. Cochlear implants: some likely next steps. Annu Rev Biomed Eng. 2003;5:207–49.
• Tyler RS, Parkinson AJ, Wilson BS, Witt S, Preece JP, Noble W. Patients utilizing a hearing aid and a cochlear implant: speech perception and localization. Ear Hear. 2002 Apr;23(2):98–105.
• Tyler RS, Gantz BJ, Rubinstein JT, Wilson BS, Parkinson AJ, Wolaver A, et al. Three-month results with bilateral cochlear implants. Ear Hear. 2002 Feb;23(1 Suppl):80S-89S.
• Tyler RS, Preece JP, Wilson BS, Rubinstein JT, Parkinson AJ, Wolaver AA, et al. Distance, localization and speech perception pilot studies with bilateral cochlear implants. In: Kudo T, Takahashi Y, Iwaki T, editors. Cochlear Implants – An Update. The Hague, The Netherlands: Kugler Publications; 2002. p. 517–21.
• Niparko JK, Kirk KI, Mellon NK, Robbins AM, Tucci DL, Wilson BS, editors. Cochlear Implants: Principles & Practices. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2000.
• Wilson BS. New directions in implant design. In: Waltzman SB, Cohen N, editors. Cochlear Implants. New York: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers; 2000. p. 43–56.
• Tucci DL, Roush PA, Lawson DT, Wilson BS, Zerbi M, Farmer Jr. JC. Surgical experience with the modified percutaneous Nucleus cochlear implant. In: Waltzman SB, editor. Cochlear Implants. New York: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers; 2000. p. 167–9.
• Wilson BS. Cochlear implant technology. In: Niparko JK, Kirk KI, Mellon NK, Robbins AM, Tucci DL, Wilson BS, editors. Cochlear Implants: Principles & Practices. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2000. p. 109–19.
• Niparko JK, Wilson BS. History of cochlear implants. In: Niparko JK, Kirk KI, Mellon NK, Robbins AM, Tucci DL, Wilson BS, editors. Cochlear Implants: Principles & Practices. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2000. p. 103–7.
• Wilson BS. Strategies for representing speech information with cochlear implants. In: Niparko JK, Kirk KI, Mellon NK, Robbins AM, Tucci DL, Wilson BS, editors. Cochlear Implants: Principles & Practices. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2000. p. 129–70.
• Wilson BS. Strategies for representing speech information with cochlear implants. Cochlear Implants: Principles & Practices. 2000;129–70.
• Tyler RS, Parkinson A, Wilson B, Parkinson W, Lowder M, Witt S, et al. Evaluation of different choices of n in an n of m processor for cochlear implants. Adv Otorhinolaryngol. 2000;57:311–5.
• Rubinstein JT, Wilson BS, Finley CC, Abbas PJ. Pseudospontaneous activity: stochastic independence of auditory nerve fibers with electrical stimulation. Hear Res. 1999 Jan;127(1–2):108–18.
• Rubinstein JT, Miller CA, Abbas PJ, Wilson BS. Emulating physiologic firing patterns of auditory neurons with electrical stimulation. In: ARO Abstracts. 1999. p. 8–8.
• Lawson DT, Wilson BS, Zerbi M, van den Honert C, Finley CC, Farmer JC, et al. Bilateral cochlear implants controlled by a single speech processor. Am J Otol. 1998 Nov;19(6):758–61.
• Wilson BS, Rebscher S, Zeng FG, Shannon RV, Loeb GE, Lawson DT, et al. Design for an inexpensive but effective cochlear implant. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1998 Feb;118(2):235–41.
• Wilson BS, Finley CC, Lawson DT, Zerbi M. Temporal representations with cochlear implants. American Journal of Otology. 1997 Nov 1;18(6 SUPPL.).
• Wilson BS, Finley CC, Lawson DT, Zerbi M. Temporal representations with cochlear implants. The American journal of otology. 1997 Nov;18(6 Suppl):S30–4.
• Wilson BS, Finley CC, Lawson DT, Zerbi M. Temporal representations with cochlear implants. Am J Otol. 1997 Nov;18(6 Suppl):S30–4.
• Wilson BS. The future of cochlear implants. Br J Audiol. 1997 Aug;31(4):205–25.
• Lawson DT, Wilson BS, Finley CC, Zerbi M, Cartee LA, Roush PA, et al. Cochlear implant studies at Research Triangle Institute and Duke University Medical Center. Scand Audiol Suppl. 1997;46:50–64.
• Finley CC, Wilson BS. Spatial distribution of stimulus fields and intracochlear evoked potentials as recorded from unstimulated electrodes of implanted cochlear prostheses. In: ARO Abstracts. 1996. p. 108–108.
• Gates GA, Et Al, Wilson BS. Cochlear Implants in Adults and Children. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 1995 Dec 27;274(24):1955–1955.
• Wilson BS, Lawson DT, Zerbi M, Finley CC, Wolford RD. New processing strategies in cochlear implantation. Am J Otol. 1995 Sep;16(5):669–75.
• Wilson BS, Lawson DT, Zerbi M, Finley CC. New developments in speech processors. In: ARO Abstracts. 1995. p. 97–97.
• Finley CC, Wilson BS. Responses of the auditory nerve to repetitive electrical stimuli as demonstrated with recordings of intracochlear evoked potentials. In: ARO Abstracts. 1995. p. 178–178.
• Gates GA, Et Al, Wilson BS. Cochlear implants in adults and children. NIH Consens Statement. 1995;13(2):1–30.
• Wilson BS, Lawson DT, Zerbi M. Advances in coding strategies for cochlear implants. Adv Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1995;9:105–29.
• Wilson BS. Progress in the development of speech processors for cochlear prostheses. In: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Acoustical Society of America; 1994. p. 2905–2905.
• Wilson BS, Lawson DT, Zerbi M, Finley CC. Recent developments with the CIS strategies. In: Hochmair-Desoyer IJ, Hochmair ES, editors. Advances in Cochlear Implants. Vienna: Verlag Manz; 1994. p. 103–12.
• Wilson BS, Lawson DT, Finley CC, Wolford RD. Importance of patient and processor variables in determining outcomes with cochlear implants. J Speech Hear Res. 1993 Apr;36(2):373–9.
• Wilson BS. Signal processing. In: Tyler R, editor. Cochlear Implants: Audiological Foundations. San Diego, CA: Singular Publishing Group; 1993. p. 35–85.
• Lawson DT, Wilson BS, Finley CC. New processing strategies for multichannel cochlear prostheses. Prog Brain Res. 1993;97:313–21.
• Wilson BS, Finley CC, Lawson DT, Wolford RD, Zerbi M. Design and evaluation of a continuous interleaved sampling (CIS) processing strategy for multichannel cochlear implants. J Rehabil Res Dev. 1993;30(1):110–6.
• Zerbi M, Wilson BS, Finley CC, Lawson DT. A flexible speech processor cochlear implant research. In: Final Program and Paper Summaries for the 1992 Digital Signal Processing Workshop, DSPWS 1992. 1992. p. 5.7.1-5.7.2.
• Wilson BS, Finley CC, Lawson DT, Wolford RD, Eddington DK, Rabinowitz WM. Better speech recognition with cochlear implants. Nature. 1991 Jul 18;352(6332):236–8.
• Wilson BS. Strategies for representing speech with cochlear implants. In: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Acoustical Society of America; 1991. p. 1957–1957.
• Wilson BS, Finley CC, Lawson DT, WOlford RD. New levels of speech recognition with cochlear implants. In: ARO Abstracts. 1991. p. 35–35.
• Wilson BS, Lawson DT, Finley CC, Wolford RD. Coding strategies for multichannel cochlear prostheses. Am J Otol. 1991;12 Suppl:56–61.
• Finley CC, Wilson BS, White MW. Models of neural responsiveness to electrical stimulation. In: Miller JM, Spelman FA, editors. Cochlear Implants: Models of the Electrically Stimulated Ear. Springer-Verlag; 1990. p. 55–96.
• Wilson BS, Finley CC, Lawson DT. Representations of speech features with cochlear implants. In: Miller JM, Spelman FA, editors. Cochlear Implants: Models of the Electrically Stimulated Ear. Springer-Verlag; 1990. p. 339–76.
• Kohut RI, Et Al, Wilson BS. Cochlear implants. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 1989;5:228–97.
• Kohut RI, Et Al, Wilson BS. Cochlear implants. Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 1989;115:31–6.
• Wilson BS, Finley CC, Farmer JC, Lawson DT, Weber BA, Wolford RD, et al. Comparative studies of speech processing strategies for cochlear implants. Laryngoscope. 1988 Oct;98(10):1069–77.
• Wilson BS, Dent LJ, Dillier N, Eddington DK, Hochmair-Desoyer IJ, Pfingst BE, et al. Round table discussion on speech coding. In: Banfai P, editor. Cochlear Implants: Current Situation. Erkelenz, Germany: Rudolf Bermann GmbH; 1988. p. 693–704.
• Soli SD, Wilson BS. Within-subject comparisons of analog and pulsatile speech processors for cochlear implants. In: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Acoustical Society of America; 1988. p. S41–S41.
• Wilson BS, Finley CC, Lawson DT, Wolford RD. Speech Processors for Cochlear Prostheses. Proceedings of the IEEE. 1988 Jan 1;76(9):1143–54.
• Wilson BS, Et Al, Kohut RI. Cochlear implants. NIH consensus statement. 1988;7(2):1–25.
• Wilson BS. Speech processors for cochlear prostheses. Proceedings of the IEEE. 1988;76:1143–54.
• Wilson BS, Schindler RA, Finley CC, Kessler DK, Lawson DT, Wolford RD. Present status and future enhancements of the UCSF cochlear prosthesis. In: Banfai P, editor. Cochlear Implants: Current Situation. Erkelenz, Germany: Rudolf Bermann GmbH; 1988. p. 395–427.
• Finley CC, Wilson BS, White MW. A finite-element model of bipolar field patterns in the electrically stimulated cochlea – A two-dimensional approximation. In: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of Engineering in Medicine and Biology. New York: IEEE Press; 1987. p. 1901–3.
• Henson Jr. OW, Bishop A, Keating A, Kobler J, Henson M, Wilson BS, et al. Biosonar imaging of insects by Pteronotus p. parnellii, the Mustached bat. National Geographic Research. 1987;3:82–101.
• Finley CC, Wilson BS, White MW. A finite-element model of bipolar field patterns in the electrically stimulated cochlea – A two-dimensional approximation. In: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of Engineering in Medicine and Biology. New York: IEEE Press; 1987. p. 1901–3.
• Wilson BS, Finley CC, Whire MW, Lawson DT. Comparisons of processing strategies for multichannel auditory prostheses. In: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of Engineering in Medicine and Biology,. New York: IEEE Press; 1987. p. 1908–10.
• White MW, Finley CC, Wilson BS. Electrical stimulation model of the auditory nerve: Stochastic response characteristics. In: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of Engineering in Medicine and Biology. New York: IEEE Press; 1987. p. 1906–7.
• Wilson BS, Finley CC. Latency fields in electrically-evoked hearing. In: Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) Abstracts. 1986. p. 170–1.
• Wilson BS, Joines WT. Mechanisms and physiologic significance of microwave action on the auditory system. Journal of Bioelectricity. 1985 Jan 1;4(2):495–525.
• Wilson BS, Joines WT. Mechanisms and physiologic significance of microwave action on the auditory system. Journal of Bioelectricity. 1985;4(2):495–525.
• Kobler JB, Wilson BS, Henson OW, Bishop AL. Echo intensity compensation by echolocating bats. Hear Res. 1985;20(2):99–108.
• Joines WT, Wilson BS. Field-induced forces at dielectric interfaces as a possible mechanism of RF hearing effects. Bull Math Biol. 1981;43(4):401–13.
• Cornett RO, Beadles RL, Wilson BS. Automatic cued speech. In: Pickett JM, editor. Speech-Processing Aids for the Deaf. Washington, DC: Gallaudet Research Institute, Gallaudet College; 1981. p. 224–39.
• Wilson BS, Zook JM, Joines WT, Casseday JH. Alterations in activity at auditory nuclei of the rat induced by exposure to microwave radiation: autoradiographic evidence using [14C]2-deoxy-D-glucose. Brain Res. 1980 Apr 14;187(2):291–306.
• Scott SM, Wilson BS. The mechanical design of vascular prostheses. In: Puel P, Boccalon H, Enjalbert A, editors. Hemodynamics of the Limbs. Paris: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale; 1979. p. 251–9.
• Wilson BS, Scott SM. Hemodynamic design considerations for an improved artery shunt prosthesis. In: Schneck DJ, editor. Bio-Fluid Mechanics. Blacksburg, VA: VPI Press; 1978. p. 93–8.
• Wilson BS. Temperature-controlled heating of tumors by microwaves. In: Proceedings of the IEEE Southeastern Conference. New York: IEEE Press; 1977. p. 124–8.
• Joines WT, Wilson B, Sharpe SM. TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED HEATING OF TUMORS BY MICROWAVES. 1977;124–8.
• Wright D, Hebrank JH, Wilson B. Pinna reflections as cues for localization. J Acoust Soc Am. 1974 Sep;56(3):957–62.

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