Middle Ear Implantable Microphone

A method of optimizing a hearing implant, the hearing implant including a transducer for measuring vibration, within a predetermined frequency range, of at least one component of the middle ear, the method comprising:

• providing a resonance frequency of the middle ear transducer to be within the predetermined frequency range, the transducer having a limited frequency response in a portion of the predetermined frequency range, such that when the transducer is operatively coupled to at least one component of the middle ear the limited frequency response of the transducer is complimentary to, and compensated by, the frequency characteristics of the at least one component of the middle ear.

A system for sensing vibrations in the middle ear, the method comprising:

• a transducer for measuring vibration, within a predetermined frequency range, of at least one component of the middle ear, the transducer having a resonance frequency within the frequency range, the transducer further having a limited frequency response in a portion of the frequency range;
• an attachment mechanism for attaching the transducer to the at least one middle ear component;
• wherein when the transducer is operatively coupled to the at least one component of the middle ear, the limited frequency response of the transducer is complimentary to, and compensated by, the frequency characteristics of the at least component of the middle ear.