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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2017
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Christopher van den Honert, Englewood, CO (US);
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Abstract
A medical stimulation device such as a cochlear implant configured to provide stimulation of one or more spatially-restricted contiguous portion(s) of the spiral array of auditory nerve fibers in the cochlear ('discrete stimulation regions'). Each discrete stimulation region is defined by the constructive and/or destructive interference of stimulating and limiting signals simultaneously applied to electrode channels of an implanted electrode array, the stimulating and limiting signals being determined based upon transimpedance measurements of intracochlear electrode channels of the implanted electrode array representing specific spread functions of an individual recipient.