EP1181950A3 - Implantable hearing system having means for measuring the coupling quality - Google Patents

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EP1181950A3
EP1181950A3 EP01118060A EP01118060A EP1181950A3 EP 1181950 A3 EP1181950 A3 EP 1181950A3 EP 01118060 A EP01118060 A EP 01118060A EP 01118060 A EP01118060 A EP 01118060A EP 1181950 A3 EP1181950 A3 EP 1181950A3
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Hans Dr.-Ing. Leysieffer
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/40—Arrangements for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic
    • H04R25/407—Circuits for combining signals of a plurality of transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/604—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of acoustic or vibrational transducers
    • H04R25/606—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of acoustic or vibrational transducers acting directly on the eardrum, the ossicles or the skull, e.g. mastoid, tooth, maxillary or mandibular bone, or mechanically stimulating the cochlea, e.g. at the oval window
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/67—Implantable hearing aids or parts thereof not covered by H04R25/606

Abstract

The system has at least one sensor for picking up sound signals and converting them into electrical signals, an electronic unit for audio signal processing and amplification, an electrical supply unit and at least one electromechanical output converter for mechanical stimulation of the middle and/or inner ear. An impedance measurement arrangement determines the mechanical impedance of the biological load structure coupled to the output converter. The system has at least one sensor (10a-10n) for picking up sound signals ands converting them into corresponding electrical signals, an electronic signal processing unit (12) for audio signal processing and amplification, an electrical supply unit (30) and at least one electromechanical output converter (16) for mechanical stimulation of the middle and/or inner ear. An impedance measurement arrangement (25) determines the mechanical impedance of the biological load structure coupled to the output converter in the implanted state.
EP01118060A 2000-08-25 2001-07-25 Implantable hearing system having means for measuring the coupling quality Expired - Lifetime EP1181950B1 (en)

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