Focusing methods for a prosthesis
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorsWendy POTTS, Sara Ingrid DURAN, Zachary Mark SMITH
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method of at least partially fitting a hearing prosthesis device to a recipient, including obtaining access to a sensory prosthesis that has been used to evoke a sensory percept using a first focusing regime for a temporal period corresponding to at least acclimation to the first focusing regime and adjusting a control setting of the prosthesis to increase focusing relative to that which is the case with respect to the first focusing regime, wherein the action of adjusting the control setting includes purposely adjusting the control setting to have focusing that is effectively less focused than a maximum focus possible.
Claims26
A method of at least partially fitting a hearing prosthesis device to a recipient, comprising:
- obtaining access to a sensory prosthesis that has been used to evoke a sensory percept using a first focusing regime for a temporal period corresponding to at least acclimation to the first focusing regime;
- and
- adjusting a control setting of the prosthesis to increase focusing relative to that which is the case with respect to the first focusing regime, wherein
- the action of adjusting the control setting includes purposely adjusting the control setting to have focusing that is effectively less focused than a maximum focus possible.
(canceled)
9-17. (canceled)
A non-transitory computer-readable media having recorded thereon, a computer program for executing at least a portion of a method of fitting a sensory prosthesis to a recipient, the computer program including:
- code for enabling recipient controlled gradual transitioning of the prosthesis from less focused stimulation to more focused stimulation.
24-25. (canceled)
A method, comprising:
- adjusting and/or changing control settings of a sensory prosthesis in an incremental manner, wherein
- the action of adjusting and/or changing the control settings in the incremental manner reduces the risk of overstimulation of the recipient relative to that which would be the case in the absence of the limitation of the incremental manner.
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.