Dear Colleagues,
[Apologies for cross-posting]
It is my pleasure to announce the release of the Panoramic ECAP Web-application.
The Panoramic ECAP Method (PECAP) is a tool for estimating patient-specific patterns of current spread and neural responsiveness in cochlear-implant users along the length of their electrode array (Garcia,
et al.,
2021). It has been developed at the University of Cambridge and requires measurement of a myriad of Electrically-Evoked Compound Action Potentials (ECAPs) prior to providing estimates that provide a detailed picture of the interaction between a specific
patient’s cochlear implant and their auditory nerve.
The online implementation of PECAP provides users with instructions and tools necessary to collect PECAP data from a cochlear-implant user. This function is currently available with users of the Cochlear device, and interfaces with
Custom Sound EP software. The website also allows users to upload collected PECAP data from either Cochlear or Advanced Bionics cochlear-implant users to a secure server for analysis, as well as download images and data files containing current-spread
and neural-responsiveness estimates for future use. Our hope in developing this website is to allow access to PECAP for a wider range of research teams, as well as to evaluate potential and feasibility of any future clinical use.
You can access the website and register for an account at
https://panoramic-ecap.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/*
I would like to thank all of my colleagues who have taken an interest in the PECAP method over the last few years and given this stream of research such momentum. It has been a pleasure to work with teams in the UK, Switzerland, Germany,
the US, and Australia in utilizing this tool for their own research purposes, and I am grateful for their input in the development of this web implementation. This work was jointly funded by the
Centre for Integrative Neuroscience Discovery and by an
Impact Acceleration Award from the MRC, and I would also like to thank them both as this project would not have been possible without their support.
If you are interested in using the Panoramic ECAP Method and have questions beyond what is available within the website, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Best,
Charlotte Garcia (she/her/hers –
why I share them), Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate |
Cambridge Hearing Group
Chair, Equality & Diversity Committee | Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
College Research Associate | Wolfson College, Cambridge
15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB27EF, UK | +44 (0)1223 769936 |
@Charl_M_Garcia
| 
@charlottegarcia.bsky.social
* The website is hosted at the University of Cambridge at the MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit. However,
http://panoramic-ecap.com/ and
http://p-ecap.com/ are also valid addresses for this site.