Inner ear apparatus
OwnerTaiting Cheninventor
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Abstract
A hearing-aid apparatus includes an audio collector, an audio processor, a speaker and an inner-ear implant device. The audio collector collects audio information. The speaker generates a sound wave by reference to the audio information. The sound wave is transmitted to an inner ear of a user. The inner-ear implant device is implanted aside a round window of the user for generating an electrical signal encoded by the audio processor based on the audio information to stimulate high frequency auditory nerve cells of the user with an electrode of the inner-ear implant device. The audio wave sent to the inner ear of and the electrical signal stimulating the auditory nerve cells together form an integrated auditory recognition corresponding to the audio information.
Claims18
An inner ear apparatus, comprising:
- an audio collector, for collecting audio information;
- an audio processor;
- a speaker for generating a sound wave by reference to the audio information controlled by the audio processor, wherein the sound wave is transmitted to an inner ear of a user;
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- an inner-ear implant device being configured to be implanted aside a round window of the user for generating an electrical signal controlled by the audio processor based on the audio information to stimulate high frequency auditory nerve cells of the user with an electrode of the inner-ear implant device, wherein
- the audio wave sent to the inner ear of the user and the electrical signal stimulating the auditory nerve cells of the user together form an integrated auditory recognition corresponding to the audio information, wherein the speaker is integrated with the inner-ear implant device implanted, wherein the integrated speaker and the inner-ear implant are configured to be together placed aside the round window and inside the eardrum of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.