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Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2018
Applicant:

Med-el Elektromedizinische Geraete Gmbh, Innsbruck, AT;

Inventor:

Mathias Kals, Grinzens, AT;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36039 (2017.08); A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); H04R 25/70 (2013.01); H04R 2225/67 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fitting system is described for fitting electrode contacts of cochlear implant electrode array implanted in a cochlea of an implanted patient. A test stimulation generator delivers to at least one of the electrode contacts a test stimulation sequence at a variable charge level and a variable stimulation rate over time, wherein the charge level and stimulation rate are inversely related as a function of a defined loudness percept by the implanted patient to the test stimulation sequence. A response measurement module obtains objective response measurements of auditory neural tissues of the implanted patient that are affected by the test stimulation sequence. A fit mapping module defines a patient-specific fit map for the electrode contacts of cochlear implant electrode array based on the objective response measurements.


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