Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials

Industrial Cooperation Foundation Chonbuk National University

Yoon-Bong Hahn

Shin Hur

Wan-Doo Kim

Seung Ha Oh

Sung June Kim

Young Do Jung

Juyong Chung

Won Hee Lee

Yoon-Kyu Song

Yong-Kyu Park

The present invention relates to a cochlear implant apparatus, and more particularly, to a cochlear implant apparatus capable of controlling the sensitivity or selectivity of sound through actuators. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a cochlear implant apparatus for active feedback control which is inserted into the human body and configured to detect a sound in each frequency band includes a sensor unit configured to detect vibration according to a sound and generate an electrical signal corresponding to a magnitude of the vibration and actuators disposed in the sensor unit and each configured to react to the electrical signal and to control sensitivity according to the magnitude of the sound or the selectivity of a sound detected in each frequency band.

Cochlear implant apparatus for active feedback control and active feedback control method for the same

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Jeonju-si, South Korea

Yoon-Bong Hahn