公开(公告)号：US5584869A

公开(公告)日：1996-12-17

申请号：US388193

申请日：1995-02-13

申请人： Patrice L. Heck ,  Dianne Allum-Mecklenburg ,  Joseph H. Schulman

发明人： Patrice L. Heck ,  Dianne Allum-Mecklenburg ,  Joseph H. Schulman

IPC分类号： A61N1/36 ,  H04R25/00 ,  A01N1/36

CPC分类号： A61N1/36032 ,  H04R25/505

摘要： A system and method for detecting failures in an auditory stimulation device includes, in one embodiment, a microphone; a signal processor; a supercutaneous transmitter; a subcutaneous receiver; a subcutaneous transmitter; and a supercutaneous receiver. The signal processor generates a stimulation signal in response to the microphone detecting an audio signal, and the supercutaneous transmitter couples the stimulation signal through a skin surface of a patient. The subcutaneous receiver receives the stimulation signal, and the subcutaneous transmitter generates a feedback signal in response to receipt of the stimulation signal by the subcutaneous receiver. The supercutaneous receiver receives the feedback signal. In one variation of the embodiment, the signal processor generates an alarm signal when the feedback signal is not received. In another variation of the embodiment, the signal processor analyzes differences between the stimulation signal and the feedback signal, and generates a difference signal indicative of the differences between the stimulation signal and the feedback signal. The signal processor then generates the alarm signal in the event the difference signal indicates the differences exceed a prescribed threshold.

摘要翻译： 用于检测听觉刺激装置中的故障的系统和方法在一个实施例中包括麦克风; 一个信号处理器; 超声波发射机; 皮下接收器 皮下发射器; 和超吸收接收器。 信号处理器响应于麦克风检测音频信号而产生刺激信号，并且超级发射器将刺激信号通过患者的皮肤表面耦合。 皮下接收器接收刺激信号，并且皮下发射器响应于皮下接收器接收到刺激信号而产生反馈信号。 超级皮肤接收器接收反馈信号。 在本实施例的一个变型中，当没有接收到反馈信号时，信号处理器产生报警信号。 在本实施例的另一变型中，信号处理器分析刺激信号和反馈信号之间的差异，并产生指示刺激信号和反馈信号之间的差异的差信号。 然后，信号处理器在差分信号指示差超过规定阈值的情况下产生报警信号。