Systems and Methods for Optimizing Spectral Resolution for a Hearing System

    公开(公告)号:US20220347476A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17864847

    申请日:2022-07-14

    发明人: Josef Chalupper

    IPC分类号: A61N1/36 A61N1/05

    摘要: An exemplary sound processor is configured to maintain data representative of a frequency allocation table that maps frequencies in an upper region of an audible frequency range of a recipient to a plurality of electrodes located within a cochlea of the first ear, direct a cochlear implant to apply standard electrical stimulation representative of frequencies in an audio signal that are within the upper region to the cochlea of the first ear by way of the plurality of electrodes in accordance with the frequency allocation table, and direct the cochlear implant to apply phantom electrical stimulation representative of frequencies in the audio signal that are within a lower region of the audible frequency range to the cochlea of the first ear by way of a most apical electrode and one or more compensating electrodes included in the plurality of electrodes in accordance with a phantom electrode stimulation configuration.

    Fitting device for bimodal hearing stimulation system

    公开(公告)号:US11478640B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US16496369

    申请日:2017-03-23

    发明人: Josef Chalupper

    IPC分类号: A61N1/36 H04R25/00

    摘要: There is provided a fitting device configured to be communicatively connected to first stimulation device comprising an implantable electric stimulation device including a plurality of stimulation channels for electrical stimulation of a patient's ipsilateral ear at various stimulation sites according to a electrical stimulation signal and a second stimulation device selected from the group consisting of a device for acoustic stimulation of the patient's ipsilateral ear and a device for acoustic stimulation of the patient's contralateral ear according to an acoustic stimulation signal for adjusting the first stimulation device and the second stimulation device.

    Electrode locating systems and methods for use within a cochlear implant patient

    公开(公告)号:US11452866B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US16640485

    申请日:2017-08-31

    IPC分类号: A61N1/05 A61N1/36 A61N1/08

    摘要: An exemplary electrode locating system performs an excitation spread measurement by directing a first electrode to generate an electrical pulse and, in response to the generation of the electrical pulse, detecting a voltage between a second electrode and a reference that are both distinct from the first electrode. The first and second electrodes are included in a plurality of electrodes disposed on an electrode lead included within a cochlear implant system and that comprises a proximal portion configured to be coupled with a cochlear implant and a distal portion configured to be inserted into a cochlea of a patient by way of an insertion procedure. Based on the excitation spread measurement, the electrode locating system determines whether at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is located within the cochlea. Corresponding methods are also described.

    SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING WHEN AN ELECTRODE LEAD REACHES A COCHLEAR BASAL TURN DURING A LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE

    公开(公告)号:US20220296122A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-22

    申请号:US17620002

    申请日:2019-07-11

    IPC分类号: A61B5/06 A61N1/05

    摘要: An exemplary insertion management system is configured to direct a cochlear implant to apply electrical stimulation by way of a first electrode disposed on an electrode lead that is being inserted into a cochlea of a recipient, direct the cochlear implant to record, while the electrical stimulation is being applied by way of the first electrode, a differential voltage signal representative of a differential voltage between a second electrode and a third electrode both disposed on the electrode lead, the second and third electrodes different than the first electrode, determine, while the differential voltage signal is being recorded, that a signal characteristic of the differential voltage signal changes by at least a threshold amount, and determine, based on the signal characteristic changing by at least the threshold amount, that a distal end of the electrode lead is positioned within a threshold distance of a basal turn of the cochlea.