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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2013
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Jack H. Noble, Nashville, TN (US);
Rene H. Gifford, Franklin, TN (US);
Robert F. Labadie, Nashville, TN (US);
Benoit M. Dawant, Nashville, TN (US);
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
One aspect of the invention provides a method for customizing cochlear implant stimulation of a living subject. The cochlear implant includes an electrode array having a plurality of electrodes implanted in a cochlea of the living subject. The method includes determining a position for each of the plurality of electrodes and spiral ganglion nerves that the electrode array stimulates, determining a geometric relationship between neural pathways within the cochlea and the electrode array implanted therein, and using one or more electrodes of the electrode array to stimulate a group of SG neural pathways of the cochlea based on the location of the one or more electrodes and their geometric relationship with the neural pathways.