%0 Journal Article %A Rekha V. Dundur and M.V.Latte and S.Y. Kulkarni and M.K.Venkatesha %D 2008 %J International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 19, 2008 %T Digital Filter for Cochlear Implant Implemented on a Field- Programmable Gate Array %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/4946 %V 19 %X The advent of multi-million gate Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) with hardware support for multiplication opens an opportunity to recreate a significant portion of the front end of a human cochlea using this technology. In this paper we describe the implementation of the cochlear filter and show that it is entirely suited to a single device XC3S500 FPGA implementation .The filter gave a good fit to real time data with efficiency of hardware usage. %P 1380 - 1384