Tonotopic implant stimulation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9180295
APP PUB NO 20090264961A1
SERIAL NO

12427933

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Electrode stimulation signals are generated for an implanted electrode array. An acoustic audio signal is processed with a bank of filters that are each associated with a band of audio frequencies, and a set of band pass signals is generated with each band pass signal corresponding to the band of frequencies associated with one of the filters. Stimulation information is extracted from the band pass signals to generate a set of stimulation event signals defining electrode stimulation signals. Then the stimulation event signals are weighted with a weighted matrix of stimulation amplitudes reflecting patient-specific perceptual characteristics to produce a set of electrode stimulation signals for electrodes in the implanted electrode array.

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  • MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nopp, Peter Birgitz, AT 9 62
Schleich, Peter Vill, AT 30 165

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