Bryce Chiang

Bryce Chiang is a former research specialist in the Vestibular NeuroEngineering Laboratory. Before coming on as a staff member, he obtained a B.S. in biomedical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in 2008 and an M.S.E. in biomedical engineering also from the Johns Hopkins University in 2009. He joined the lab in the summer of 2007 as an undergraduate research assistant. He implemented a wireless Bluetooth(R) command interface used for changing vestibular implant parameters, helped create the automated vestibular testing device, developed the second-generation vestibular prosthesis, and helped design the third-generation vestibular prosthesis. His interests are in medical device development, medical technology, computer integrated surgery, and neuro-engineering. Peer Reviewed Articles

Della Santina CC, Migliaccio AA, Hayden R, Melvin TA, Fridman GY, Chiang B, Davidovics NS, Dai C, Carey JP, Minor LB, Anderson ICW, Park H, Lyford-Pike S, Tang S (2010) “Current and Future Management of Bilateral Loss of Vestibular Sensation – An update on the Johns Hopkins Multichannel Vestibular Prosthesis Project,” Cochlear Implants International (in press)

Davidovics NS, Fridman GY, Chiang B, Della Santina CC, “Effects of biphasic current pulse frequency, amplitude, duration and interphase gap on eye movement responses to prosthetic electrical stimulation of the vestibular nerve,” IEEE Trans. Neural Systems and Rehab Eng. (in review 2009)

Conference Abstracts & Presentations

N. Davidovics, G. Fridman, B. Chiang, C. Della Santina, “Effects of Stimulus Pulse Parameters on Eye Movement Responses to Stimulation Delivered by a Vestibular Prosthesis”, Assoc for Research in Otolaryngology ARO 2010, Anaheim, CA, (poster)

C. Dai, G. Fridman, B. Chiang, N. Davidovics, C. Della Santina, “3D Angular VOR Adaptation to Chronic Motion-modulated Multi-channel Prosthetic Stimulation of Semicircular Canal Ampullary Nerves”, Assoc for Research in Otolaryngology ARO 2010, Anaheim, CA, (poster)

Chiang B, Fridman GY, Della Santina CC, “Enhancements to the Johns Hopkins Multi-Channel Vestibular Prosthesis yield reduced size, extended battery life, current steering and wireless control,” #213, ARO 2009

Lie TS, Chiang B, Law Y, Tan G, Romano R, Wo L, Migliaccio AA, Macdougall HG, Della Santina CC,

“A small inexpensive motor for head impulse testing of vestibular function,” #184, ARO 2009

Patents

Della Santina CC, Lie TS, Chiang B, “Systems and methods for testing vestibular and oculomotor function,” International Patent Application No. PCT/US2009/40486, filed April 14, 2009; claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/124,122, filed April 14, 2008