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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
May. 23, 2014
Advanced Bionics Ag, Staefa, CH;
Leonid M. Litvak, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Myles McLaughlin, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Abhijit Kulkarni, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Aniket Saoji, Naperville, IL (US);
Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;
Abstract
An exemplary system includes an implantable cochlear stimulator implanted within a patient, a short electrode array coupled to the implantable cochlear stimulator and having a plurality of electrodes disposed thereon, and a sound processor communicatively coupled to the implantable cochlear stimulator. The sound processor may direct the implantable cochlear stimulator to apply a main current to a first electrode included in the plurality of electrodes and associated with a first pitch, direct the implantable cochlear stimulator to concurrently apply, during the application of the main current, a compensation current to a second electrode included in the plurality of electrodes and associated with a second pitch, and optimize an amount of the compensation current to result in a target pitch being presented to the patient that is distanced from the first pitch in a pitch direction opposite a pitch direction of the second pitch in relation to the first pitch.