Systems and methods for fitting a hearing system to a recipient based on cortical potentials of the recipient

US12251564B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Advanced Bionics AG

Inventors

• Leonid M. Litvak · Los Angeles, US
• R. Tissa Karunasiri · Valencia, US
• Hannah A. Glick · Ventura, US
• Kanthaiah Koka · Valencia, US
• Chen Chen · Beijing, CN
• Jason A. Galster · McNeil, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 23, 2020
• Grant date: Mar 18, 2025
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04R25/606
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An illustrative cochlear implant system includes an electrode lead having an array of electrodes, a cochlear implant coupled with the electrode lead and configured to be implanted within a recipient together with the electrode lead, and a processing unit communicatively coupled to the cochlear implant. The processing unit is configured to direct the cochlear implant to apply stimulation to the recipient by way of the array of electrodes. The processing unit is further configured to detect, by way of one or more electrodes included in the array of electrodes, a cortical potential produced by the recipient. Based on the detected cortical potential, the processing unit is configured to determine a fitting parameter associated with the cochlear implant system. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.