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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2004
Hugh Mcdermott, Mt. Macedon, AU;
Colette Mckay, East Melbourne, AU;
Hugh McDermott, Mt. Macedon, AU;
Colette McKay, East Melbourne, AU;
The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, AU;
Abstract
An auditory prosthesis device for selectively stimulating electrodes within an auditory prosthesis electrode array, comprising a transducer () for converting a complex acoustic sound into an electrical signal; signal processing means () responsive to an electrical signal and generating a temporal pattern of stimulation pulses to selected electrodes within the electrode array, the stimulation pulses being applied to each electrode at an electrode stimulation rate; feature extraction means () for deriving an estimate of at least one fundamental frequency of the electrical signal; and stimulation pulse adjustment means () for adjusting the stimulation pulses in accordance with the estimated fundamental frequency.