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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1999
Christoph von Ilberg, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Med-El Elektromedizinische Gerate Ges.m.b.H, Innsbruck, AT;
Abstract
A hearing prosthesis is described for a user in an acoustic environment having a range of audio frequencies. The prosthesis includes an electrical stimulation module, and acoustic mechanical stimulation module, and a stimulation amplifier. The electrical stimulation module delivers to the auditory nerve of the user an electrical stimulation signal representative of a first subrange of frequencies in the range of audio frequencies in the acoustic environment. The acoustic mechanical stimulation module delivers to the inner ear structure of the user a mechanical stimulation signal representative of a second subrange of frequencies in the range of audio frequencies in the acoustic environment. The stimulation amplifier in communication with the electrical stimulation module and the acoustic mechanical stimulation module that determines, for each stimulation module, an amplification magnitude envelope for the subrange of frequencies for that stimulation module.