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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
May. 26, 2016
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Filiep J. Vanpoucke, Huldenberg, BE;
Obaid ur Rehman Qazi, Mechelen, BE;
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Abstract
A method, including the action of executing a first evaluation including evaluating first interactions of respective current spreads with one another for a plurality of first electrodes implanted in a recipient resulting from energizement thereof with at least one second implanted electrode disabled, wherein the second electrode, if enabled and energized at about the same level as at least one of the first electrodes, would result in current spread to at least one of the plurality of first electrodes, and one of disabling at least one third electrode of the plurality of first electrodes based on the evaluation or maintaining an enablement of the nondisabled electrodes based on the evaluation.