Cochlear Limited

Chris Van Den Honert

Ernst Ludwig Von Wallenberg

Jochen Nicolai

Mathias Stecker

Joachim Mueller-Delle

Roland Laszig

Zachary Mark Smith

Denise Cafarelli-Dees

Bomjun Kwon

Wai Kong Lai

Norbert Dillier

Denise Cafarelli Dees

Wai Kong Lal

Norbert Diller

Matthias Stecker

Joachim Mueller-Diele

Joachim Mueller-Deile

A method of configuring a prosthesis having two or more electrode contacts, including configuring the prosthesis to provide stimulation to a first tissue site from a subset of electrode contacts based on data based on a comparison of first data to second data, wherein the first data is based on respective estimated voltages for the first site and one or more of additional respective sites to be applied by the subset of electrode contacts, the respective estimated voltages being based on empirical stimulation data for the first and additional sites, and the second data is based on respective target voltages for the first and additional sites, respectively.

Configuring an electrically stimulating device to stimulate using a subset of electrode contacts

The present application discloses systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for characterizing hearing prosthesis channel interaction. Some embodiments may include applying a probe signal to a region of auditory neurons via a first hearing prosthesis channel, and applying a perturber signal to the region of auditory neurons via a second hearing prosthesis channel, where the perturber signal is configured to cause a polarity-independent neural excitation in an auditory neuron. Some embodiments may additionally include measuring one or more metrics corresponding to a neural response to the application of the probe and perturber signals.

Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for characterizing hearing prosthesis channel interaction

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a Cochlear implant prosthesis to optimize the effect of stimulation for a given patient. The optimal operation mode is determined in accordance with predetermined parameters measured from the neural response of the patient's auditory system in response to a neural stimulation.

Method and apparatus for optimizing the operation of a cochlear implant prosthesis

A method of stimulating an auditory nerve to produce a percept in response to a detected sound signal. At least one characteristic of the sound signal is identified, and a stimulation mode is selected based on the identified characteristic. The selected stimulation mode is then used for stimulating the auditory nerve to convey the sound signal to the prosthesis recipient. Multiple characteristics of the detected sound signal may be assigned distinct stimulation modes.

Stimulation mode for cochlear implant speech coding

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a Cochlear implant prosthesis to optimise the effect of stimulation for a given patient. The optimal operation mode is determined in accordance with predetermined parameters measured from the neural response of the patient's auditory system in response to a neural stimulation.

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