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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2017
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael J. Cevette, Cave Creek, AZ (US);
Jan Stepanek, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Gaurav N. Pradhan, Fountain Hills, AZ (US);
Kenneth H. Brookler, Norwalk, CT (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Abstract
A cochlear and nerve stimulation system comprises a signal input to receive an audio input signal, a multiple channel microphone input to receive multiple channel ambient noise signals, and a multiple channel cochlear converter coupled to the signal input to produce multiple channel surround sound cochlear and nerve stimulation signals based on the audio input signal. The stimulation signals include one or both of interaural level differences and interaural time differences. A sound canceling processor is coupled between the microphone input and the cochlear converter to produce multiple channel sound canceling signals based on the ambient noise signals. Multiple channel cochlear and nerve stimulation electrodes are configured for attachment to a user and coupled to receive the multiple channel surround sound cochlear stimulation signals.