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Patent No.:

US 8412341 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2004
Applicants:

Chris Van Den Honert, Aurora, CO (US);

Ernst Ludwig Von Wallenberg, Muelheim, DE;

Norbert Dillier, Kusnacht, CH;

Wai Kong Lai, Zurich, CH;

Jochen Nicolai, Basel, CH;

Mathias Stecker, Soelden, DE;

Joachim Mueller-delle, Kiel, DE;

Denise Cafarelli Dees, Hants, GB;

Roland Laszig, Freiburg, DE;

Inventors:

Chris Van Den Honert, Aurora, CO (US);

Ernst Ludwig Von Wallenberg, Muelheim, DE;

Norbert Dillier, Kusnacht, CH;

Wai Kong Lai, Zurich, CH;

Jochen Nicolai, Basel, CH;

Mathias Stecker, Soelden, DE;

Joachim Mueller-Delle, Kiel, DE;

Denise Cafarelli Dees, Hants, GB;

Roland Laszig, Freiburg, DE;

Assignee:

Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a Cochlear implant prosthesis to optimize the effect of stimulation for a given patient. The optimal operation mode is determined in accordance with predetermined parameters measured from the neural response of the patient's auditory system in response to a neural stimulation.


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