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US 7,010,354 B1Granted
Sound processor for cochlear implants
AssigneeThe Bionic Ear Institute
InventorsDavid Bruce Grayden, Graeme Milbourne Clark
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AssigneeThe Bionic Ear Institute
InventorsDavid Bruce Grayden, Graeme Milbourne Clark
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An improved sound processor for a cochlear implant having electrodes for stimulating the auditory nerve, including means for receiving sounds, means for processing the sounds and converting them to electrical stimulation signals for application to the electrodes of the cochlear implant for stimulation of the auditory nerve, said sound processing means including means for generating electrical signals to be applied to the basal electrodes having different predetermined rates of stimulation and the implant having basal electrodes and apical electrodes and the means for generating electrical signals to be applied to the apical electrodes have a different rate of stimulation, the electrical signals to be applied to the basal electrodes having a higher rate of stimulation than the electrical signals to be applied to the apical electrodes.
A sound processor for a cochlear implant having electrodes for simulating the auditory nerve, including means for receiving sounds, means for processing the sounds and converting them to electrical stimulation signals for application to the electrodes of the cochlear implant for stimulation of the auditory nerve, wherein the cochlear implant has basal electrodes and said sound processing means including means for generating electrical signals to be applied to the basal electrodes having different predetermined rates of stimulation and the cochlear implant has apical electrodes and the means for generating electrical signals to be applied to the apical electrodes have a different rate of stimulation, the electrical signals to be applied to the basal electrodes having a higher rate of stimulation than the electrical signals to be applied to the apical electrodes.
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