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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1999
Albert A. Maltan, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
William Vanbrooks Harrison, Valencia, CA (US);
Advanced Bionics Corporation, Sylmar, CA (US);
Abstract
A cochlear stimulation system includes a speech processing strategy that applies non-auditory-informative stimuli as well as auditory-informative stimuli to the same or neighboring sets of electrodes. The non-auditory-informative stimuli are applied to the auditory neural system for the purpose of influencing the properties and response characteristics of the auditory system so that when the auditory-informative stimuli are applied, such stimuli are more effective at evoking a desired auditory response, i.e., are more effective at allowing the patient to perceive sound. The information-carrying stimuli may be applied to the auditory neural system at the same time as is the non-auditory-informative stimuli, or may be applied during time slots between application of the non-auditory-informative stimuli.