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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDaniel Paul Kolz, Garry Joseph Sullivan
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An alarm system for certain hearing impaired individuals having implanted hearing assistive devices contains a device for detecting an alarm condition, and a transmitter which is tuned to a resonant frequency of an implanted passive energy portion of a cochlear implant or similar device. Upon detection of an alarm condition, the transmitter transmits an alarm signal at the resonant frequency, causing the implanted device to resonate even in the absence of the externally worn hearing assistive portion. Resonance is perceived by the hearing impaired individual as a buzzing or other abnormal noise, alerting the individual to the alarm condition.
An alarm system for a hearing impaired individual, said hearing impaired individual having a hearing assistive device comprising an implanted portion and an external portion, said implanted portion being implanted in said individual and receiving energy for operation from said external portion, said alarm system comprising:
A method for alerting a hearing impaired individual of an alarm condition, said hearing impaired individual having a hearing assistive device comprising an implanted portion and an external portion, said implanted portion being implanted in said individual and receiving energy for operation from said external portion, said method comprising the steps of:
A program product for alerting a hearing impaired individual of an alarm condition, said hearing impaired individual having a hearing assistive device comprising an implanted portion and an external portion, said implanted portion being implanted in said individual and receiving energy for operation from said external portion, said program product comprising:
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