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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2011
Kinuko Masaki, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abhijit Kulkarni, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Aniket Saoji, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Leonid M. Litvak, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kinuko Masaki, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abhijit Kulkarni, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Aniket Saoji, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Leonid M. Litvak, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;
Abstract
An exemplary system for synchronizing an operation of a middle ear analyzer and a cochlear implant system includes 1) a mapping facility configured to maintain mapping data representative of an association between a plurality of sound levels and a plurality of current levels and between a plurality of frequencies and a plurality of electrodes, 2) a detection facility configured to receive an acoustic signal transmitted by the middle ear analyzer and detect a sound level and a frequency of the acoustic signal, and 3) a processing facility configured to identify, based on the mapping data, a current level associated with the detected sound level and one or more electrodes associated with the detected frequency and direct the cochlear implant system to apply electrical stimulation having the identified current level to one or more stimulation sites within a patient by way of the identified one or more electrodes.