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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2013
Advanced Bionics Ag, Staefa, CH;
Leonid M. Litvak, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Smita S. Agrawal, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Gulamali Emadi, Van Nuys, CA (US);
Aniket Saoji, Newhall, CA (US);
Charles C. Finley, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Guillermo A. Calle, Moorpark, CA (US);
R. Tissa Karunasiri, Valencia, CA (US);
Kanthaiah Koka, Valencia, CA (US);
Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;
Abstract
An exemplary system includes 1) a programming device configured to be located external to a cochlear implant patient and communicatively coupled to a cochlear implant system associated with the patient, 2) a programming interface device communicatively coupled to the programming device and configured to be located external to the patient, and 3) a receiver communicatively coupled directly to the programming interface device. The programming device directs at least one of the cochlear implant system and the receiver to apply stimulation to the patient, records an evoked response that occurs in response to the stimulation, and performs a predetermined action in accordance with the evoked response. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.