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Simultaneous delivery of electrical and acoustical stimulation in a hearing prosthesis

US8244365B2 · kind B2 · utility

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27References

28Claims

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Assignee

Cochlear Limited · AU

Inventors

Bastiaan van Dijk · Mechelen, BE
Ibrahim Bouchataoui · Mechelen, BE
Mark Majoral · Brussels, BE
Ernst von Wallenberg · Wiesloch, DE
Christopher J. James · Toulouse, FR
Matthijs Killian · Mechelen, BE

Key dates

Filing date	May 17, 2006
Grant date	Aug 14, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 10, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/36039
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A bimodal hearing prosthesis configured to deliver electrical and acoustic stimulation to a recipient such that a frequency range of a received sound that is represented by the electrical stimulation is perceived simultaneously with the frequency range of the received sound that is represented by the acoustic stimulation.

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