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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2023
Med-el Elektromedizinische Geraete Gmbh, Innsbruck, AT;
Richard Penninger, Innsbruck, AT;
Sascha Fuchs, Innsbruck, AT;
MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH, Innsbruck, AT;
Abstract
A fitting arrangement is described for fitting electrode contacts of cochlear implant electrode array implanted in a cochlea of an implanted patient. This involves iteratively fitting multiple fitting electrode contacts by for each of the fitting electrode contacts: i. delivering fitting stimulation signals to the fitting electrode contact and at least one neighboring electrode contact to stimulate adjacent auditory neural tissue, wherein the fitting stimulation signals are characterized by a charge level distribution function having a non-zero noise level charge at the at least one neighboring electrode contact and a response level charge much greater than the noise level charge at the fitting electrode contact, and ii. obtaining patient responses from the implanted patient to the fitting stimulation signals. A patient-specific fit map is then defined for the electrode contacts of cochlear implant electrode array based on the patient responses.