Targeted channel selection systems and methods

A system comprising:

• a computing system that selectively couples to a sound processor included in a cochlear implant system associated with a user and that
• determines a target stimulation rate for the user,
• determines a pulse width value that is representative of one or more pulse widths that are to be used for stimulation pulses applied by the cochlear implant system to the user during a stimulation session,
• determines, based on the target stimulation rate and on the pulse width value, a value for N that is specific to the user, wherein N represents a total number of analysis channels that are to be selected from M available analysis channels for presentation by the cochlear implant system to the user during a stimulation frame of the stimulation session and wherein N is less than M,
• generates a stimulation program that utilizes an N-of-M channel selection strategy based on the determined value for N, and
• transmits data representative of the stimulation program to the sound processor while the computing system is selectively coupled to the sound processor.

A method comprising:

• determining, by a targeted channel selection system, a target stimulation rate for a user of a cochlear implant system;
• determining, by the targeted channel selection system, a pulse width value that is representative of one or more pulse widths that are to be used for stimulation pulses applied by the cochlear implant system to the user during a stimulation session;
• and
• determining, by the targeted channel selection system based on the target stimulation rate and on the pulse width value, a value for N that is specific to the user;
• wherein N represents a total number of analysis channels that are to be selected from M available analysis channels for presentation by the cochlear implant system to the user during a stimulation frame of the stimulation session and wherein N is less than M.