Cyborg Self-Hacking: An Examination of Cochlear Implants

Presented at ShmooCon XIII (2017), Jan. 13, 2017, 5 p.m. (30 minutes).

Cochlear implants are neural prostheses used to restore sound perception to the deaf. Jeff has an Advanced Bionics brand HiRes 90K implant and will go over the basics of how cochlear implants work, what CIs sound like, the different neural stimulation strategies involved and their effect on channel crosstalk, some human problems related to CIs, and what he's learned attempting to reverse engineer the signal powering his own CI.

Presenters:

• Jeff Dodge
  Jeff Dodge is a mildly proficient computer programmer and an aspiring hardware hacker, infosec professional, and reverse engineer. Current hobbies include building quadcopters and 3D printers, disassembling video game clients, learning to not suck at CTFs, tinkering with Cyanogenmod / AOSP "ROMs,�? and stuffing as much useful knowledge into his brain as it will allow.

Links:

• https://infocon.org/cons/ShmooCon/ShmooCon 2017/Cyborg Self Hacking.mp4

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