The proposed core includes principal investigators who use computer controlled data acquisition andstimulus generation as well as an array of physiological data collection methodologies from single unitstudies to ABRs to EEGs and MEGs. Studies in the laboratories participating in this core involve analysisand synthesis of sound, and computer controlled stimulus presentation and data acquisition. Often thestimuli are highly complex, as, for example, speech, animal vocalizations, and harmonic complexes. Thoughn recent years when new equipment is being purchased, there are efforts made to improve the compatibilityof hardware and software across participating laboratories, significant difficulties associated with differentequipment setups, methodologies, transducers, and software still impede smooth collaborations amongnvestigators. Many of these can be solved at the software level, still others must be solved at the hardwareevel, and some can only be solved by creative software/hardware combinations. The goal of this core is toprovide highly experienced and well-qualified computer personnel who will become familiar with thendividual core laboratories and work to overcome incompatibilities, resolve computer and instrumentationdifferences across laboratories, and suggest efficient and feasible solutions to intransigent incompatibilityproblems. Additional core goals are to provide general computer troubleshooting and maintenanceassistance to core participants, to provide software and hardware assistance in the development ofspecialized equipment in the laboratories, and to develop and maintain mechanisms for computer-basedcommunication throughout the Core Center.
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