Cochlear Limited

Ernst Von Wallenberg

Matthijs Killian

Bastiaan Van Dijk

Christopher John James

Ibrahim Bouchataoui

Guido F Smoorenburg

Mark Majoral

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.

Simultaneous delivery of electrical and acoustical stimulation in a hearing prosthesis

A method for stimulating nerve or tissue fibers and a prosthetic hearing device implanting same. The method comprises: generating a stimulation signal comprising a plurality of pulse bursts each comprising a plurality of pulses; and distributing said plurality of pulse bursts across one or more electrodes each operatively coupled to nerve or tissue fibers such that each of said plurality of pulse bursts delivers a charge to said nerve or tissue fibers to cause dispersed firing in said nerve or tissue fibers.

Pulse burst electrical stimulation of nerve or tissue fibers

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Muelheim, Germany

Ernst Von Wallenberg