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Primary Faculty
H. Steven Colburn Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Binaural Hearing Laboratory
Hearing Research Center
S.B., S.M., Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
phone: (617) 353-4342
fax: (617) 353-6766
email: colburn@bu.edu
office: ERB 414A
office hours: Tu 1-2 F 4-5:30
Research Interests
Dr. Colburn is particularly interested in the measurement and modeling of binaural hearing performance. Specific current topics include modeling the activity of auditory brainstem neurons and measurement and modeling of spatial attributes of sound perception, speech intelligibility in complex sound environments, and the effects of hearing impairments on binaural abilities.
Current Research
Dr. Colburn's research involves the application of signal processing, statistical communication theory, and computational modeling to the study of hearing and hearing impairments.
Selected Recent Publications
Shamir M, Sen K, Colburn, H.S. "Temporal coding of time-varying stimuli" Neural Computation 19(12): 3239-61 (2007)
Colburn, H.S., Zhou, Y., Dasika, V. "Inhibition in models of coincidence detection" Psychology and Physiology of Auditory Processing in press: (2003)
Colburn, H.S., Carney, L.F., Heinz, M. "Quantifying the information in auditory-nerve responses for level discrimination" J. Assoc. Res. in Otolaryngol 4: 294-311 (2003)
Durlach, N.I., Mason, C.R., Kidd, G. Jr., Arbogast, T.L., Colburn, H.S., Shinn-Cunninghan, B.C. "Note on informational masking" J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113: 2984-2987 (2003)
Long, C.L., Eddington, D.K., Colburn, H.S., Rabinowitz, W.M. "Binaural Sensitivity as a Function of Interaural Electrode Position with a Bilateral Cochlear Implant User" J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114: 1565-1574 (2003)
Carney, L.F., Heinz, M., Evilsizer, M.E., Gilkey, R.H., Colburn, H.S.Colburn, H.S.Colburn, H.S. "Auditory Phase Opponency: A temporal model for masked detection at low frequencies" Acta Acustica united with Acustica 88(3): 334-337 (2003)
