Charlotte Garcia

Interests

My PhD research has been focused on developing and validating a diagnostic tool called the Panoramic ECAP (PECAP) method that uses various electrophysiological measurements of neural responsiveness through cochlear implants (these are called Electrically-Evoked Compound Action-Potentials or ECAPs) to estimate patient-specific patterns of neural activation. This provides two estimates describing the interaction between a specific patient's cochlea and their implant: neural health and current spread. I have a particular interest in applied research, and as a result have emphasized the engineering aspects of this project to develop a tool that is clinically viable; in addition to validating the model's accuracy, I have developed a rapid procedure called 'SpeedCAP' that enables the PECAP model to be executed in under 10 minutes.

While my PhD research has been focused on applied cochlear implant research using objective measures, I am also interested in other areas of auditory neuroscience.

Research Focus

Equipment

Behavioural analysis

Cochlear Implant research platforms for direct stimulation and measuring objective measures such as Electrically-Evoked Compound Action-Potentials (ECAPs)

Computational modelling

Electrophysiological recording techniques