Implantable tinnitus therapy
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorsThomas Leroux, Olivier Le Caharec
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Abstract
Presented herein are techniques for providing tinnitus relief to recipients via an implantable arrangement. In accordance with embodiments presented herein, an implantable medical device, such as implantable tinnitus therapy device, auditory/hearing prosthesis, etc., comprises one or more implantable sensors configured to be implanted in a recipient. The one or more implantable sensors are configured to detect body noises of the recipient. The implantable medical device is configured to classify/categorize the one or more body noises and set, select, or otherwise determine a tinnitus therapy for the recipient based on the classification of the one or more body noises.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- detecting signals at one or more implantable sensors configured to be implanted in a recipient, wherein the signals comprise one or more body noises of the recipient;
- generating, based on the one or more body noises, one or more body noise classifications;
- generating tinnitus therapy signals based on the one or more body noise classifications;
- and
- delivering the tinnitus therapy signals to the recipient.
An apparatus, comprising:
- one or more implantable sensors configured to be implanted in a recipient, wherein the one or more implantable sensors are configured to detect one or more body noises of the recipient;
- a processing unit configured to:
- generate, based on the one or more body noises, one or more body noise classifications, and
- generate actuator control signals based on the one or more body noise classifications;
- and
- an implantable actuator configured to deliver tinnitus therapy signals to the recipient based on the actuator control signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.