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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2020
Applicant:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, AU;
Inventor:
Sean Lineaweaver, Gig Harbor, WA (US);
Assignee:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61N 1/36036 (2017.08); A61N 1/36039 (2017.08); A61N 1/37241 (2013.01);
Abstract
Presented herein are techniques for the determination/selection of a set of electrodes for use in an electrically-stimulating auditory/hearing prosthesis. More specifically, an electrically-stimulating hearing prosthesis includes a plurality of electrodes implanted in a recipient. Based, at least in part on a recipient's subjective preferences, one or more of these electrodes may be deactivated. The remaining (i.e., non-deactivated) electrodes form a final electrode set that is subsequently used by the hearing prosthesis for subsequent hearing rehabilitation operations.