An apparatus includes a housing having an external surface configured to be placed on a non-magnetic material over-laying a first device comprising a first ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material. The apparatus further includes a second ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material and/or an electromagnet within the housing. The second ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material and/or the electromagnet is configured to generate an attractive magnetic force with the first device. The apparatus is configured to controllably adjust an attractive magnetic force between the first device and the second ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material and/or the electromagnet along a longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to the surface.
Presented herein are dissolution barriers for use with tissue-stimulating prostheses. As described further below, a tissue-stimulating prosthesis comprises a stimulating assembly including an elongate insulating carrier member and a plurality of electrode contacts disposed along the carrier member. A continuous dissolution barrier is disposed on the surface of the stimulating assembly so as to substantially encapsulate/enclose the plurality of electrode contacts and the carrier member. The continuous dissolution barrier is configured to inhibit in situ dissolution of the plurality of electrode contacts.
Presented herein are techniques for training a hearing prosthesis to classify/categorize received sound signals as either including a recipient's own voice (i.e., the voice or speech of the recipient of the hearing prosthesis) or external voice (i.e., the voice or speech of one or more persons other than the recipient). The techniques presented herein use the captured voice (speech) of the recipient to train the hearing prosthesis to perform the classification of the sound signals as including the recipient's own voice or external voice.
Presented herein are sterilizable surgical processing devices, sometimes referred to herein as "sterilizable surgical processors." A sterilizable surgical processor is a device that is configured to be used during a surgical procedure to, for example, communicate with an implantable component (implant) being implanted in a recipient. The sterilizable surgical processor is further configured to undergo a sterilization process (e.g., using an autoclave process or other disinfection process) such that it can be re-used during multiple surgical procedures.
H04B 5/79 - Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems specially adapted for specific purposes for data transfer in combination with power transfer
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
A neural stimulator, suitable for implanting in a recipient, and configured to combine vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) with cochlear stimulation, to result in faster adaptation to new sounds and maps, and alleviation of tinnitus in the recipient.
An external device of a prosthesis, including an electronics component, which can be a sound processor of a hearing prosthesis, and a power component, which can be a battery, the power component being removably attached to the electronics component, wherein the BTE device is configured with electrostatic discharge protection between the electronics component and the power component.
An apparatus includes a first portion configured to be attached to a target middle ear portion of a recipient's body. The apparatus further includes an elongate second portion rigidly affixed to and extending from the first portion. The second portion has an end portion configured to be rigidly affixed to a transducer assembly having a longitudinal axis. The second portion extends from the transducer assembly at an angle greater than 30 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis. The first and second portions are configured to respond to first vibrational displacements of the target middle ear portion by providing second vibrational displacements to the transducer assembly. The second vibrational displacements are larger than the first vibrational displacements.
Presented herein are systems and techniques for using an external component/device to collect eye movement data that is complementary to neurological measures/measurements (e.g., EEG measurements, inner ear measurements, or other electrophysiological measurements) obtained by an implantable component/device. Recipient eye movement can be tracked directly (e.g., with smart glasses) and/or indirectly (e.g., using eye movement-related eardrum oscillations (EMREO) measurements). The systems and techniques presented herein can use an implantable component (e.g., a cochlear implant, an EEG implant, etc.) to obtain electrophysiological measurements from a recipient. According to aspects presented herein, the electrophysiological measurements and the eye movement measurements are analyzed together in order to, for example, diagnosis a medical condition, predict or characterize a medical event, etc.
A vibrator including a housing, a transducer positioned within the housing such that there is a gap between the transducer and housing, and a damper assembly, disposed in the gap between the housing and at least a portion of the transducer, the damper assembly extending a sub-distance of the total distance of the gap.
An apparatus is provided which includes a plurality of conduits and a plurality of valves in fluidic communication with the plurality of conduits. The plurality of conduits is configured to receive liquid from at least one liquid reservoir configured to be implanted on or within a recipient. Each conduit of the plurality of conduits has a corresponding flow resistance to the liquid. The plurality of valves is configured to controllably allow flow of the liquid through a selected set of the conduits to be administered internally to the recipient with a selected flow rate.
The present invention relates to azasetron or an analog of azasetron, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof, for use in the preservation of residual hearing following cochlear implantation in a subject in need thereof, wherein the subject has a hearing threshold at baseline in at least one ear corresponding to an unaided audiometric threshold at baseline greater than 65 dB, the unaided audiometric threshold being expressed as the average of at least 3 values each determined at a different frequency within the range from 0.25 kHz to 0.75 kHz.
An apparatus includes a housing having an external surface configured to be placed on a skin surface of a recipient. The apparatus further includes a ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic first element configured to, upon the housing being placed on the skin surface, generate an attractive magnetic force with a ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic second element within an implanted device beneath the skin surface. The apparatus further includes a sensor within the housing and in communication with the first element. The sensor is configured to receive information regarding the second element and to generate an indication of at least one characteristic of an interaction between the first element and the second element.
An apparatus including a reservoir and a therapeutic substance located in the reservoir, wherein the apparatus is an implantable therapeutic substance delivery apparatus, and the apparatus is configured to deliver the therapeutic substance to a recipient thereof by diffusion controlled release. In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus is also a cochlear implant.
An apparatus includes a housing configured to be implanted on or within a recipient's body and at least one chamber within the housing, the at least one chamber configured to contain a fluid. The apparatus further includes at least one barrier configured to separate the at least one chamber from tissue and/or body fluid of the recipient. The at least one barrier is configured to allow transport of electrical charge, electrons, ions, and/or predetermined molecules through the at least one barrier and to prevent transport of at least one organic species from the tissue and/or body fluid into the at least one chamber. The apparatus further includes at least one electrode within the housing and spaced from the at least one barrier. The at least one electrode is configured to be in electrical communication with the fluid within the at least one chamber.
Presented herein are techniques and devices configured for preserving the residual hearing ability of the recipient while providing vestibular stimulation.
A first hearing apparatus is configured to automatically compensate for at least one of a change in capability between the first hearing apparatus and a contralateral hearing apparatus while the first hearing apparatus and the contralateral hearing apparatus are operating to provide binaural hearing to a recipient, or a difference in hearing capabilities between first and second ears of the recipient, as aided by the first hearing apparatus and the contralateral hearing apparatus, in response to a change in sound environment.
Presented herein are techniques for using an implantable medical system to monitor body tissue and/or body fluid of a recipient via an electrochemical measurement, such as cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), etc. In accordance with embodiments presented herein, a reference electrode having a stable electrical potential is provided for use in performing the electrochemical measurement.
Presented herein are techniques and devices configured, for preserving the residual hearing ability of the recipient while providing vestibular stimulation.
Presented herein are devices, systems, and methods for transmitting power to an implantable component via a power link, and receiving data from the implantable component via a data link that is separate from the power link. The data received from the implantable component indicates a power requirement of the implantable component, which may be used to regulate the power transmitted via the power link.
Presented herein are systems and methods for closed-loop control of an implantable medical device with multiple current sources, and systems and methods for the detection and remediation of imbalanced stimulation currents. More specifically, in accordance with the embodiments presented herein, an implantable medical device with multiple current sources is configured to measure the current flow through the body (e.g., body tissue and/or body fluid) of the recipient, and automatically control, in real-time, the stimulation currents (e.g., substantially immediately make corrections with respect to the injected/sourced current and/or sunk current) to prevent pain and/or harm to the recipient.
An asymmetrical implantable medical device includes a housing configured to enclose a piezoelectric bender. The piezoelectric bender includes a fixed end coupled to the housing and a free end configured to flex relative to the fixed end to move relative to the housing. The housing includes a first end configured to enclose the fixed end of the piezoelectric bender and a second end configured to enclose the free end of the piezo electric bender. The first end and the second end of the housing are asymmetrical to one another.
Presented herein are techniques for use of machine learning for treatment of physiological disorders, including for detection of a physiological event and adaption operation of an implantable medical device system to acutely treat the physiological event.
An apparatus, such as an implantable medical device, including an implantable device configured to cause trauma in an inner ear and/or a middle ear recipient. In an exemplary embodiment, the implantable device is a cochlear implant. In an exemplary embodiment, the implantable device is configured to deliver a therapeutic substance to body tissue of the recipient.
Presented herein is a foldable medical device that is configured to be implanted in a tympanic cavity of recipient. More specifically, the medical device has a folded configuration with physical dimensions (physical footprint occupied by the device)/first form factor that enables insertion of the device through an ear canal of the recipient (e.g., through an opening formed at a tympanic membrane of the recipient). After insertion of the device into the tympanic cavity, the medical device is deployed from the folded configuration to an expanded configuration. In the expanded configuration, the medical device has physical dimensions (physical footprint occupied by the device)/second form factor that are larger than the physical dimensions in the folded configuration. In certain examples, the medical device is configured to be positioned against a promontory of the recipient's ear adjacent to the tympanic cavity.
A61F 11/00 - Methods or devices for treatment of the ears or hearing sense Non-electric hearing aidsMethods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing senseProtective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand
An apparatus includes an arm configured to be in mechanical communication with a transducer configured to be implanted within a recipient's body. The arm includes a first mating portion configured to engage and disengage with a plurality of second mating portions positioned along at least one longitudinal surface of a fixation element implanted within a portion of the recipient's body. The arm is configured to be moved between an unlocked state in which the arm is disengaged from the plurality of second mating portions and a locked state in which the arm is engaged with at least one of the second mating portions. The apparatus further includes at least one elastically deformable element configured to apply a restoring force to the arm such that the arm is in the locked state and to respond to an external force applied to the arm such that the arm is in the unlocked state.
A method, including inputting data to and/or receiving data from a first electronics device, the inputted data and/or received data being related to one or more temporally changeable aspects of the medical device, enabling a user of a second electronics device to and/or using the second electronics device to input data related to and/or receive data related to one or more temporally changeable aspects of the medical device, the second electronics device being a separate device from the first electronics device, initiating the medical device to a human based on data based on data from the first electronics device that was inputted into the first electronics device during the initiation session and initiating the medical device based on data based on data from the second electronics device that was inputted into the second electronics device and/or based on data based on data generated as a result of the receiving data related to one or more temporally changeable aspects of the medical device.
A cochlear implant system is disclosed. The system includes an external unit configured to receive acoustical sound and process the acoustical sound into a coded audio signal, and an implantable unit configured to receive the coded audio signal. The system further comprises a pulse generating unit configured to generate a first electrical pulse of a first pulse duration and a second electrical pulse of a second pulse duration different from the first pulse duration based on the coded audio signal.
Presented herein are cured ring seals and related methods for at least temporarily sealing openings in fluidically-sealed body chambers. The cured ring seals include a body that is formed from a hydrophilic or hygroscopic polymer, such as polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), that is cured prior to implantation into the body of a recipient (e.g., pre-cured). The cured ring seals are substantially pliable to facilitate positioning around an outer surface of an implantable component and are configured to expand following implantation.
Presented herein are methods, systems and non-transitory computer readable storage media that provide for the configuration of medical devices. According to certain aspect of the present disclosure, a plurality of clinical data sets are obtained. Each of the plurality of clinical data sets is associated with a respective one of a plurality of recipients of a medical device. A relative priority of clinical support of the plurality of recipients is determined based, at least in part, on the plurality of clinical data sets. A prioritized clinician task list is displayed based on the relative priority of clinical support.
A61N 1/36 - Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation, e.g. heart pace-makers
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INNER EAR DEVICE WITH ACCESS AND CONDUCTIVE COMPONENTS
A device, including a body through which a passage extends, wherein the body is configured to permanently fix to an opening in a barrier between a middle ear and an inner ear of a human, the device is an inner ear port apparatus that is configured to enable resealable physical access from the middle ear into the inner ear through the passage, and the inner ear port apparatus includes insulated electrically conductive material configured to conduct an electrical signal.
An actuator for generating vibrations is configured to be in mechanical communication with a fixture implanted on or within a recipient's body and includes a piezoelectric oscillator configured to undergo bending oscillations in response to received electric voltage signals and at least one mass configured to move in response to the bending oscillations of the piezoelectric oscillator. The actuator further includes at least one resilient coupler mechanically attached to the piezoelectric oscillator and configured to, in response to an impulse applied to the actuator, allow movement of the piezoelectric oscillator relative to the fixture and/or of the at least one mass relative to the piezoelectric oscillator.
Presented hearing are techniques for data integrity enhancement for inductively coupled resonant tanks, in particular, the techniques presented here use an external damping switch to perform selective and active damping of an external coil (headpiece coil), and is a device comprising: a radio frequency (RF) transceiver; an external coil assembly including an external coil configured to be inductively coupled with an implantable coil to form a closely-coupled RF link; and an external damping switch circuit electrically connected with the external coil, wherein the external damping switch circuit is controlled according to a programmable on-time for damping activation, to provide selective active damping of the external coil during transmission of data on the closely-coupled RF link.
A61N 1/372 - Arrangements in connection with the implantation of stimulators
H01Q 7/06 - Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop with core of ferromagnetic material
A method, comprising advancing, as part of an implantation procedure into a human, at least a first portion of an electrode array into a cavity in a human during a first temporal period, providing information to a computer system, the provided information including spatial based data relating to the electrode array during the implantation procedure of the electrode array into the human, receiving information based on an evaluation by the computer system of the provided information, the evaluation having used the spatial based data to estimate a feature of the cavity, the received information being an indication of proximity between the electrode array and the feature of the cavity and at least one of completing the implantation procedure including leaving the electrode array at its current location based on the received information or moving the electrode array based on the received information.
A61B 6/00 - Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosisApparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment
A61B 6/50 - Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosisApparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment specially adapted for specific body partsApparatus or devices for radiation diagnosisApparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment specially adapted for specific clinical applications
G16H 20/00 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
An apparatus includes an actuator configured to generate vibrations. The actuator includes a substantially planar piezoelectric oscillator having a central portion substantially surrounding and in mechanical communication with a coupling portion and a peripheral portion spaced from the coupling portion. The piezoelectric oscillator is configured to undergo bending oscillations in response to received electric voltage signals. The actuator further includes at least one mass configured to move in response to the bending oscillations of the piezoelectric oscillator. The actuator further includes at least one coupler configured to allow expansion and contraction of the peripheral portion along a first direction substantially parallel to the piezoelectric oscillator and to inhibit movement of the peripheral portion relative to the at least one mass along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the piezoelectric oscillator.
Presented herein are techniques for clinical-based automated control of the delivery of treatment substances to at least one inner ear of a recipient of an implantable medical device. More specifically, in-vivo biomarkers are analyzed to determine a biological state/status of one or more physiological elements of the inner ear. Subsequent delivery of one or more treatment substances to the inner ear of the recipient are controlled based on the determined biological state of the one or more physiological elements of the inner ear.
An apparatus includes a housing configured to be held in a recipient's hand and at least one actuator contained within the housing. The at least one actuator is configured to generate vibrations. The apparatus further includes at least one element in mechanical communication with the at least one actuator and extending from a portion of an outer surface of the housing. The at least one element is configured to receive the vibrations from the at least one actuator, to be pressed against a portion of the recipient's head by a recipientgenerated force, and to transmit the vibrations to the recipient's head.
A61H 23/02 - Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibrationSuction-vibration massageMassage with moving diaphragms with electric or magnetic drive
Presented herein are techniques for robust spatially balanced stimulation when, for example, one or more current sources of a medical device run out of compliance. More specifically, a medical device can include one or more current sources configured to deliver electrical stimulation signals (current signals) to a recipient via one or more electrodes. The medical device is configured to determine an out-of-compliance (OOC) condition of at least one of the plurality of current sources during delivery of electrical stimulation signals to the recipient. The medical device is configured to adjust one or more of the electrical stimulation signals in response to the OOC condition.
Presented herein is a removable battery pack that includes a housing, a battery disposed within the housing, and a magnetic induction (MI) antenna integrated in the housing and disposed adjacent to the battery, and is a modular behind-the-ear (BTE) device comprising: a sound processor configured to connect with a radio frequency (RF) coil; and a removable battery module configured to connect with the sound processor, wherein the removable battery module includes a battery and the MI antenna.
A method including entering a fluid containing cavity in a human with an artificial device, verifying that a portion of the artificial device has entered the fluid containing cavity based on an electrical phenomenon indicative of a sensor component supported by and/or part of the artificial device being located in the fluid containing cavity.
A drill bit for drilling into bone, including at least a first, second and third longitudinally extending substantially straight flute blades, wherein the drill bit has an extrapolated outer profile established by rotation of the first, second and third flute blades 360 degrees about a longitudinal axis thereof, the extrapolated outer profile includes a first surface having tangents more perpendicular than parallel to the longitudinal axis, and the extrapolated outer profile includes a second surface having tangents more parallel than perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
A61B 17/16 - Instruments for performing osteoclasisDrills or chisels for bonesTrepans
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
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IMPLANT WITH INDUCTION COIL AND ANTENNA WITH VERTEX
An apparatus includes a casing configured to be implanted on or within a recipient's body, an electrically conductive and substantially planar coil within the casing and configured to inductively receive power signals from a device external to the recipient's body, and an antenna within the casing and configured to receive and/or transmit data signals. The antenna includes an electrically conductive first portion extending from a vertex in a first direction and an electrically conductive second portion extending from the vertex in a second direction different from the first direction. The vertex is within a volume encircled by the coil and extending above and below the coil along a direction substantially perpendicular to the coil.
H04B 5/79 - Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems specially adapted for specific purposes for data transfer in combination with power transfer
Presented herein are techniques for monitoring (e.g., detecting, determining, tracking, calculating, etc.) a sociability index of a user (e.g., a recipient) of a "user device," that is a device that is carried by, worn by, or implanted in, the user. The sociability index can include, but are not limited to, a listening situation of the user and/or an activity associated with the user in the listening situation.
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
G10L 17/02 - Preprocessing operations, e.g. segment selectionPattern representation or modelling, e.g. based on linear discriminant analysis [LDA] or principal componentsFeature selection or extraction
G10L 25/84 - Detection of presence or absence of voice signals for discriminating voice from noise
A method, including advancing, as part of an implantation procedure into a human, at least a first portion of an electrode array into a cochlea of the human during a first temporal period, providing information to a computer system, the provided information including spatial based data relating to the electrode array during the implantation procedure of the electrode array into the human, receiving information based on an evaluation by the computer system of the provided information, the evaluation having taken into account a history of the spatial based data provided in the provided information, the received information being a recommendation as to how to move the electrode array during second temporal period following the first temporal period and moving the electrode array according to the received information.
A61N 1/372 - Arrangements in connection with the implantation of stimulators
A61N 1/05 - Electrodes for implantation or insertion into the body, e.g. heart electrode
A61N 1/36 - Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation, e.g. heart pace-makers
A61N 1/08 - Arrangements or circuits for monitoring, protecting, controlling or indicating
A61B 5/11 - Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb
G16H 20/00 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
G16H 40/60 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilitiesICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices
Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of their administration following delivery of such compositions into a fluid-containing chamber of the body are provided. More specifically, pharmaceutical compositions mixed with reactive compositions produce a gas when brought into contact with a bodily fluid, such as that in the cochlear canal; the gas causes a fluidic movement in the chamber and also propels the disintegrating composition containing the therapeutic substance in the fluid to the apical region of the canal where the therapeutic substance contacts the tissue walls of the chamber, leading to various effects on or in cells of the tissue surrounding the fluid in that region. Methods disclosed may be used for delivery of pharmaceutical compositions to other fluid-containing chambers of the body for treatment of tissues in difficult-to-reach areas, and may be especially useful in chambers in which there is limited fluid movement.
A61K 9/46 - Pills, lozenges or tablets effervescent
A61K 9/00 - Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form
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45.
INITIALIZATION PROTOCOL FOR IMPLANT RADIO FREQUENCY LINKS
Presented herein are techniques for establishing a communication link based on information obtained over a power and data link. A closely-coupled near field communication link is established between an external component and an implantable component of a medical device. A physical data layer for subsequent transfer of data to the implantable component is determined using information obtained over the closely-coupled near field communication link.
A61N 1/36 - Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation, e.g. heart pace-makers
A61N 1/05 - Electrodes for implantation or insertion into the body, e.g. heart electrode
H04B 5/79 - Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems specially adapted for specific purposes for data transfer in combination with power transfer
Devices having an inductive coil configured to be positioned proximate to an inductive coil in a secondary device (e.g., an implantable component) for the transfer of signals (e.g., power signals and/or data signals) there between. One or more of the inductive coils includes at least one concave portion formed into the shape/perimeter thereof.
An apparatus includes a coupling portion configured to be releasably coupled to an abutment affixed to a recipient's body. The coupling portion includes a substantially cylindrically symmetric body portion extending along a symmetry axis, the body portion including an outer body surface having a recess extending around the symmetry axis. The coupling portion further includes a resilient member in the recess and extending around the symmetry axis. The resilient member extends outwardly past the outer body surface and is configured to contact an inner abutment surface of the abutment. The resilient member is configured to undergo compression by the inner abutment surface and an inner surface of the recess upon being releasably coupled to the abutment. The compression has a component substantially perpendicular to the symmetry axis.
A method including obtaining data relating to at least demographic data and sensory performance of a human, analyzing the data based on the obtained data using a statistical model, a probabilistic model and/or a model based on results from or that is a product of machine learning to develop output, wherein at least one of the output is a prediction of results relating to application of a sensory supplement device to the human or the method further includes developing a prediction of results relating to application of a sensory supplement device to the human based on the output.
Presented herein are techniques for controlling stimulation provided by an implantable device. The stimulation control can be performed at an external device, and can machine learning (e.g., artificial intelligence (AI)). The techniques provide a cochlear implant stimulation strategy that utilizes computational models of a healthy auditory system and an implanted auditory system to more closely emulate natural acoustic hearing.
G16H 50/20 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data miningICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
Systems and methods are provided for customizing an auditory prosthesis or other medical device. Customizing the auditory prosthesis includes obtaining and evaluating system data. The system data includes data from multiple sensors, including one or more sensors of an auditory prosthesis and one or more sensors of a recipient computing device. Based on the evaluation of the system data, a target behavior is determined, such as operating the auditory prosthesis in a particular sonic environment or with particular auditory prosthesis settings.
Presented herein are techniques for implant-induced artefact visualization using pre-operative MRI imaging data. Operations include obtaining pre-operative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data, and obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) artefact model for an implant of a recipient based on an implant type. The operations further include overlaying the 3D artefact model of the implant on the pre-operative MRI data based on a given implant location, and displaying the pre-operative MRI data with the 3D artefact model of the implant overlaid thereon so as to visualize an implant-induced image artefact for the recipient according to the given implant location.
A61B 34/10 - Computer-aided planning, simulation or modelling of surgical operations
A61B 5/055 - Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fieldsMeasuring using microwaves or radio waves involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
G16H 20/40 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
A device including a yoke, a counterweight apparatus and a flexible apparatus connecting the yoke to the counterweight apparatus and enabling the counterweight apparatus to move relative to the yoke, wherein the flexible apparatus is attached to the counterweight apparatus via a radial connection, and the device is an electromagnetic transducer.
A system includes an electrical stimulator configured to provide at least one asymmetric multiphasic stimulation to a recipient for affecting tinnitus in the recipient. A method includes generating asymmetric multiphasic stimulation. The method can also include providing the asymmetric multiphasic stimulation to an ear of a recipient to affect tinnitus in the recipient.
Presented herein are techniques for detecting/determining the presence of a target biological response via a clustering of the phase angles of one or more frequencies associated with the target biological response. The techniques presented are also directed to techniques for using the target biological response detection for closed-loop control.
A61N 1/36 - Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation, e.g. heart pace-makers
A61N 1/05 - Electrodes for implantation or insertion into the body, e.g. heart electrode
A61N 1/372 - Arrangements in connection with the implantation of stimulators
G16H 40/63 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilitiesICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for local operation
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ENVIRONMENTAL-BASED POWER ADJUSTMENT IN AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE
Presented herein are techniques for adjusting power supplied to elements of an implantable device, such as an implantable acoustic hearing device, based on environmental conditions associated with an ambient environmental.
Therapeutic sound is provided through a bone conduction apparatus. A patient having a mental disorder is selected and provided with a bone conduction apparatus. A therapeutic signal generator generates a therapeutic signal for ameliorating the mental disorder. A vibratory actuator of the bone conduction apparatus vibrates based on the therapeutic signal, which causes the patient to perceive a therapeutic sound percept.
A61M 21/02 - Other devices or methods to cause a change in the state of consciousnessDevices for producing or ending sleep by mechanical, optical, or acoustical means, e.g. for hypnosis for inducing sleep or relaxation, e.g. by direct nerve stimulation, hypnosis, analgesia
A61M 21/00 - Other devices or methods to cause a change in the state of consciousnessDevices for producing or ending sleep by mechanical, optical, or acoustical means, e.g. for hypnosis
A method including causing current to flow from a first electrode of an intra-cochlea electrode array to a second electrode of the intra-cochlea electrode array at a plurality of temporal locations, measuring, at a third electrode and a fourth electrode of the intra-cochlea electrode array, a voltage induced by the flowing current at the plurality of temporal locations and determining that a change between the voltage measurements at the third electrode and the fourth electrode has occurred from the first temporal location to the second temporal location.
Presented herein are techniques for dynamically changing how a recipient-associated device (e.g., external component and/or user device linked to an external component) interacts with a user based on whether the external component of a medical device system is coupled to the recipient. In particular, a recipient-associated device in accordance with embodiments presented herein provides a first type of user interaction while the external component is coupled to the recipient, but the recipient-associated device provides a second (and different) type of user interaction when the external component is uncoupled/decoupled from the recipient (e.g., dynamically adjusting a user interface provided by a recipient-associated device based on whether the external component is coupled or decoupled from the recipient).
A61N 1/36 - Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation, e.g. heart pace-makers
A61F 11/00 - Methods or devices for treatment of the ears or hearing sense Non-electric hearing aidsMethods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing senseProtective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand
A61N 1/372 - Arrangements in connection with the implantation of stimulators
H04M 1/72478 - User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones specially adapted for disabled users for hearing-impaired users
Presented herein are techniques for dynamically changing how a recipient-associated device (e.g., external component and/or user device linked to an external component) interacts with a user based on whether the external component of a medical device system is coupled to the recipient. In particular, a recipient-associated device in accordance with embodiments presented herein provides a first type of user interaction while the external component is coupled to the recipient, but the recipient-associated device provides a second (and different) type of user interaction when the external component is uncoupled/decoupled from the recipient (e.g., dynamically adjusting a user interface provided by a recipient-associated device based on whether the external component is coupled or decoupled from the recipient).
A61N 1/36 - Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation, e.g. heart pace-makers
A61F 11/00 - Methods or devices for treatment of the ears or hearing sense Non-electric hearing aidsMethods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing senseProtective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand
A61N 1/372 - Arrangements in connection with the implantation of stimulators
H04M 1/72478 - User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones specially adapted for disabled users for hearing-impaired users
Presented herein are techniques for dynamically changing how a recipient-associated device (e.g., external component and/or user device linked to an external component) interacts with a user based on whether the external component of a medical device system is coupled to the recipient. In particular, a recipient-associated device in accordance with embodiments presented herein provides a first type of user interaction while the external component is coupled to the recipient, but the recipient-associated device provides a second (and different) type of user interaction when the external component is uncoupled/decoupled from the recipient (e.g., dynamically adjusting a user interface provided by a recipient-associated device based on whether the external component is coupled or decoupled from the recipient).
A61N 1/36 - Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation, e.g. heart pace-makers
A61F 11/00 - Methods or devices for treatment of the ears or hearing sense Non-electric hearing aidsMethods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing senseProtective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand
A61N 1/372 - Arrangements in connection with the implantation of stimulators
H04M 1/72478 - User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones specially adapted for disabled users for hearing-impaired users
Presented herein are techniques for monitoring the insertion of an intra-cochlear stimulating assembly for the occurrence of one or more insertion stop conditions. The insertion stop conditions are detectable events indicating that movement of the stimulating assembly into a recipient's cochlea should be at least temporarily stopped. The insertion monitoring is based on objectively measured inner ear potentials, such as acoustically-evoked potentials.
Presented herein are techniques that make use of objective measurements obtained in response to acoustic stimulation signals. More specifically, at least one measure of outer hair cell function and at least one measure of auditory nerve function are obtained from a tonotopic region of an inner ear of a recipient of a hearing prosthesis. The at least one measure of auditory nerve function and the least one measure of outer hair cell function are then analyzed relative to one another.
An external component of a medical device, including an actuator including a static magnetic flux path that reacts with a dynamic magnetic flux path to actuate the actuator, and a magnetic retention system configured to retain the external component to a recipient via interaction with a ferromagnetic component attached to a recipient, the magnetic retention system including a magnetic flux path that encircles the static magnetic flux path of the actuator.
An apparatus includes a stimulation assembly configured to be implanted on or within a recipient. The stimulation assembly includes an elongate body having a longitudinal axis. The stimulation assembly further includes at least one fin extending in a longitudinal direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis and extending from an outer surface of the body. The stimulation assembly further includes at least one stimulation element facing outwardly from the body. The at least one stimulation element is configured to be in operative communication with a portion of tissue of the recipient.
A method, including capturing an individual's voice with a machine, and logging data corresponding to events and/or actions of the individual's real world auditory environment, wherein the individual is speaking while using a hearing assistance device, and the hearing assistance device at least one of corresponds to the machine or is a device used to execute the action of logging data.
Presented herein are techniques to enable a recipient of a medical device such as a hearing device to perform self-fitting operations. A method can include delivering, by a hearing device, electrical stimulation to a recipient of the hearing device, delivering, by the hearing device, acoustic stimulation to the recipient, and adjusting a starting frequency of the electrical stimulation and an ending frequency of the acoustic stimulation within a predetermined adjustment window.
Presented herein are techniques for speech perception for a hearing device in an environment with a plurality of sound sources (e.g., speakers). The techniques combine own voice detection (OVD) with capabilities of wireless networking (e.g., Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), etc.). Networked hearing and other devices may each implement own voice detection (OVD) to determine whether a user of the device is speaking. The devices are able to share with each other through a network whether the device has detected a corresponding actively speaking user. When the device detects the actively speaking user, the speech data may be streamed over a common audio channel to enable hearing devices of the network to render the streamed audio to a corresponding user. In an alternative embodiment, information associated with people that are speaking is instead used to adjust beamformers in the hearing devices to be directed toward the persons that are speaking.
During a first set of loudness or intensity level scaling tests, a first set of response options are provided to a user of a sensory prosthesis, and the first set of response options are used to receive indications of the user's perceived loudness of the delivered stimulation signals. The indications of a perceived loudness of the stimulation signals, received via the first set of response options, are used to adapt the first set of response options to a second set of response options for use during a second set of loudness or intensity level scaling tests. The first set of response options are associated with a first response precision level, while second set of response options are associated with a second response precision level that is different from the first response precision level.
An apparatus includes a fixation portion configured to be affixed to a bone surface within a recipient's body. The apparatus further includes a mounting portion connected to the fixation portion, the mounting portion configured to hold a component within the recipient's body. The mounting portion includes a collar configured to extend at least partially around the component and a reservoir configured to receive an adhesive material within a predetermined volume at least partially bounded by an inner surface of the collar and an outer surface of the component.
Presented herein are predictive consultation techniques for use with medical devices. The techniques presented herein, sometimes referred to herein as “predictive medical device consultation techniques,” can include, for example, generation of one or more clinical predictions related to timing of future clinical appointments and/or one or more clinical predictions related to the selection of a medical device for the recipient.
G16H 40/20 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilitiesICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
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Presented herein are techniques for assessing proper functioning of an implantable component, such as an implantable medical device. In particular, an implant diagnostic system (integrity testing system) is configured to diagnose faults associated within an implantable electrical stimulation system. In certain embodiments, the implantable electrical stimulation system includes a plurality of stimulating electrodes configured to be implanted at a first location (first anatomical region) of a recipient. The integrity testing system includes one or more recording electrodes positioned at a second location (second anatomical region) of the recipient. The second location is a location that enables use of the one or more recording electrodes to detect phase reversals and other anomalous voltage patterns.
Presented herein are techniques for monitoring a recipient's cochlea health via a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor to proactively identify (i.e., predict) changes to the recipient's cochlea health outside of a clinical setting. The cochlea health monitoring techniques presented herein obtain, via either an external or implanted PPG sensor, one or more cardiovascular health biomarkers associated with a recipient's cochlea health, and analyze these biomarkers to predict that a recipient health change is likely to occur.
An auditory prosthesis comprising an actuator for providing mechanical stimulation to a recipient. The auditory prosthesis comprises a measurement circuit for use in determining the resonance peak(s) of the actuator. In an embodiment, the measurement circuit measures the voltage drop across the actuator and/or current through the actuator during a frequency sweep of the operational frequencies of the actuator. These measured voltages and/or currents are then analyzed for discontinuities that are indicative of a resonance peak of the actuator. In another embodiment, rather than using a frequency sweep to measure voltages and/or currents across the actuator, the measurement circuit instead applies a voltage impulse to the actuator and then measure the voltage and/or current across the actuator for a period of time after application of the impulse. The measured voltages and/or currents are then analyzed to identify resonance peak(s) of the actuator.
An assembly, including an electrode contact, an electrode carrier member, and a protrusion on an outside of the carrier member forming at least a portion of an arrangement that bounds an area on an outer surface of the carrier member on an opposite side from the electrode contact, wherein the assembly is an implantable stimulating assembly.
Methods and pharmaceutical formulations are provided for modulating permeability and other properties of the blood labyrinth barrier (BLB) of the inner car. Such methods could be used in known control systems for monitoring and treating CI recipients and individuals have hearing loss-related conditions, disorders and diseases, including for example. Meniere's disease.
Real time, remote access to and adjustment of the hearing aid of a patient while the patient is located in a normal life environment that is remote from a hearing professional. A session request initiates a programming session. Adjustable settings from the patient's hearing aid are wirelessly streamed to the patient's mobile device and from the mobile device to a streaming cloud server. The settings are stored on the cloud, streamed from the cloud to a hearing professional's computer or mobile device and displayed. The hearing professional then changes at least one of the adjustable hearing aid settings and the changed settings are streamed to the cloud, stored on the cloud, streamed from the cloud to the patient's mobile device, wirelessly transmitted to the hearing aid and stored there. A telephonic voice connection between the hearing professional and the patient's mobile device is used to transmit the patient's evaluation of changed settings to the hearing professional.
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G16H 40/67 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilitiesICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for remote operation
Embodiments of the present disclosure identify and alert a clinician to physiological cues thereby aiding the clinician in providing a better fitting of a medical prosthesis. Physiological data of a recipient of a medical prosthesis is analyzed to identify triggers during fitting or other types of adjustments to the prosthesis. A determination is then made as to whether the identified triggers correspond to a feedback event. If the triggers correspond to a feedback event, an alert containing information about the feedback event is generated and displayed or otherwise made available to the clinician.
A method, including accessing an ear system of a live human, transporting a material in a first state so that the material comes into contact with a wall of the outer ear, at least permitting the first material to transform to a second state and removing the material in the second state from contact with the wall of the outer ear, wherein the material in the second state retains a memory of a shape of the wall of the outer ear into which the material was in contact when transforming to the second state.
Presented herein techniques for generating a neural survival map of neural tissue adjacent a body cavity of a recipient of an implantable medical device comprising an implantable stimulating assembly. For example, during insertion of the implantable stimulating assembly into the recipient, the implantable medical device captures a plurality of evoked responses of neural tissue adjacent to body cavity of, as well as a plurality of intra-operative measurements associated with the implantable stimulating assembly. A computing device is configured to use plurality of intra-operative measurements to determine a plurality of position estimates of the implantable stimulating assembly relative to the body cavity. The computing device uses the plurality of evoked responses and the plurality of position estimates to generate a neural survival map of the neural tissue adjacent to the body cavity.
Embodiments presented herein are generally directed to techniques for the transfer of isochronous stimulation data over a standardized isochronous audio or data link between components of an implantable medical device system. More specifically, as described further below, a first component is configured to generate dynamic stimulation data based on one or more received sound signals. The first component is configured to obtain static configuration data and to encode the dynamic stimulation data and the static configuration data into a series of isochronous wireless packets. The first component is configured to transmit the series of wireless packets over an isochronous wireless channel to a second component of the implantable medical device system.
A portable body carried device, including a mobile computer having a display, wherein the portable body carried device is configured to receive data from a hearing prosthesis, such as a cochlear implant, and present an interface display on the display from among a plurality of different interface displays based on the received data.
H03G 1/02 - Remote control of amplification, tone or bandwidth
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H04M 1/72412 - User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality by interfacing with external accessories using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
H04M 1/72454 - User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions according to context-related or environment-related conditions
Presented herein are techniques for dynamically changing how a recipient-associated device (e.g., external component and/or user device linked to an external component) interacts with a user based on whether the external component of a medical device system is coupled to the recipient. In particular, a recipient-associated device in accordance with embodiments presented herein provides a first type of user interaction while the external component is coupled to the recipient, but the recipient-associated device provides a second (and different) type of user interaction when the external component is uncoupled/decoupled from the recipient (e.g., dynamically adjusting a user interface provided by a recipient-associated device based on whether the external component is coupled or decoupled from the recipient).
A61N 1/36 - Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation, e.g. heart pace-makers
A61F 11/00 - Methods or devices for treatment of the ears or hearing sense Non-electric hearing aidsMethods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing senseProtective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand
A61N 1/372 - Arrangements in connection with the implantation of stimulators
H04M 1/72478 - User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones specially adapted for disabled users for hearing-impaired users
An apparatus including a therapeutic substance delivery device configured for attachment to a first tissue area internal of a recipient, the delivery device configured to enable movement of a therapeutic substance outlet of the delivery device proximate a second tissue area away from the first tissue area after attachment to the first tissue area to deliver the therapeutic substance from the outlet while implanted in the recipient.
An apparatus includes an electromagnetic transducer configured to generate first vibrations having a first range of vibrational frequencies and to transmit the first vibrations along a transmission path from the electromagnetic transducer to a bone fixture affixed to a recipient's body. The apparatus further includes at least one piezoelectric transducer positioned along the transmission path.
Presented herein are techniques to deliver therapeutic substances to a fluidically-sealed chamber within the body of a recipient without compromising the tissue barrier. More specifically, a genetic treatment material is introduced proximate to a tissue barrier, such as the blood-labyrinth barrier, in a recipient. The cells of the tissue barrier are electroporated via implanted electrodes to transfer a least a portion of the genetic treatment material into the cells of the tissue barrier.
Presented herein are techniques to enhance pitch coding in hearing devices, such as cochlear implants, by utilizing place of stimulation to more accurately and distinctly code frequency information pertaining to individual harmonics of a target harmonic signal, such as voiced vowel in speech or a harmonic tone in music. The techniques presented herein can be combined with a temporal pitch enhancement system to provide a combined system which operates over the voice and musical pitch range in which for example, pitch perception for low fundamental frequencies (F0s) is enhanced via the temporal pitch enhancement method and perception for higher F0s is enhanced via the spectral-place pitch coding method described in the present application. The techniques presented herein can also have application to enhancing coding of pitch and speech in acoustic hearing devices such as hearing aids.
Presented herein are techniques for detecting, tracking, and/or monitoring (collectively and generally "monitoring") speech-language milestones of a user (e.g., recipient) of a "user device," that is a device that is carried by, worn by, or implanted in, the user. The speech- language milestones can include, but are not limited, to pediatric speech-language development milestones.
Presented herein are techniques for monitoring the insertion of an intra-cochlear stimulating assembly for the occurrence of one or more insertion stop conditions. The insertion stop conditions are detectable events indicating that movement of the stimulating assembly into a recipient's cochlea should be at least temporarily stopped. The insertion monitoring is based on objectively measured inner ear potentials, such as acoustically-evoked potentials.
A device, including a therapeutics substance delivery apparatus and an incisor, wherein the device is a minimally invasive inner ear therapeutic substance delivery device configured to reach the inner ear through a passage through the tympanic membrane to incise through tissue and deliver a therapeutic substance, and the incisor is at least one of a drill bit configured to drill through a promontory of a cochlea of a human, or a conduit configured to pierce a round window of the human with a fully intact round window niche.
A61B 1/018 - Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopesIlluminating arrangements therefor characterised by internal passages or accessories therefor for receiving instruments
A61B 1/227 - Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopesIlluminating arrangements therefor for ears, i.e. otoscopes
A61B 1/313 - Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopesIlluminating arrangements therefor for introducing through surgical openings, e.g. laparoscopes
Presented herein are techniques for inductive charging of an electronic device comprising an electromagnetic transducer with an integrated transducer coil. In accordance with embodiments presented herein, the electronic device is configured to use the coil to generate vibration signals and to receive inductive charging signals during inductive charging.
An apparatus includes a housing configured to be implanted on or within a recipient, a cannula at least partially within the housing, and a plurality of flow controllers on or within the housing and in mechanical communication with corresponding portions of the cannula. The plurality of flow controllers is configured to control flow of a material through the portions of the cannula. Each flow controller of the plurality of flow controllers includes a phase-change material configured to, in response to heat, change from a first phase to a second phase and at least one heat source in thermal communication with the phase-change material. The at least one heat source is configured to receive energy from a device external to the recipient and to transmit heat to the phase-change material.
An apparatus includes a support configured to be worn on a head of a recipient and to hold at least one device next to the recipient's skull. The at least one device provides information to the recipient. The support is configured to adjust a fit of the apparatus to the recipient and to actively adjust the fit in response to control signals while the support is worn by the recipient.
Presented here are embodiments for calibrating a bimodal hearing system that includes a cochlear implant with an implantable microphone. Calibration of the implantable microphone is influenced by skull vibrations induced by a separate hearing aid of the bimodal system. Thus, two sets of calibration measurements are obtained both with and without the hearing aid unmuted. Calibration parameters such as frequency response, noise floor parameters, and vibration calibration constants can then be derived based on the two sets of measurements.
Presented herein are techniques related to a method that includes: obtaining, at a processing device, results of a diagnostic test presented to a recipient of a hearing device; determining, from the results, that the recipient exhibits a random error or a non-random error with respect to an auditory stimulus presented in the diagnostic test; and selecting between a technological intervention associated with the hearing device or a rehabilitation intervention to be performed by the recipient based upon the determination that the recipient exhibits the random error or the non-random error.
An exemplary method, comprising generating an inductance signal utilizing an external component held against skin of a recipient, and receiving the inductance signal via an implanted inductance coil implanted in the recipient, wherein a layer of skin is located between the inductance coil and a skull a recipient in which the inductance coil is implanted.
A coil, such as, by way of example, an inductance communication coil, that includes a conductor including a first portion extending in a first level and a second portion extending in a second level, wherein the conductor includes a third portion located on a different level than that of the second portion, wherein an electrical path of the conductor is such that the second portion is located between the first portion and the third portion.
An implant system includes an implantable component and an external component. The implant system switches communication between the implantable component and the external component from a first communication link to a second communication link in response to detecting interference in the first communication link above a threshold. The implant system switches communication between the implantable and external components from the second communication link back to the first communication link in response to detecting interference in the first communication link below the threshold.
An apparatus configured to be implanted within a portion of a recipient's body includes a fixation element having a socket and a transducer configured to be received by the socket. The transducer includes a first end portion configured to transmit signals to and/or receive signals from a target portion of the recipient's body. The transducer further includes a second end portion opposite to the first end portion, the first and second end portions spaced from one another along a center longitudinal axis of the transducer. The transducer further includes a surface at the first end portion or between the first and second end portions, the surface configured to be in mechanical communication with the socket with the center longitudinal axis of the transducer extending through the socket. The transducer is configured to be rotated such that an angular orientation of the center longitudinal axis relative to the socket is controllably adjusted.
Presented herein are techniques for predicting and controlling power for an implantable device. The power prediction for the implantable device may be performed independent of real-time power information from the implantable device, and may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning.
Presented herein are integrated techniques to address the perception of distracting sounds by a recipient's residual hearing during testing of a hearing prosthesis. More specifically, in accordance with embodiments presented herein, a first hearing prosthesis located at a first ear of a recipient is configured to selectively operate in a testing-assistance mode in order to support or supplement the testing of testing of the first hearing prosthesis or a second hearing prosthesis located at a second ear of the recipient.
A61F 11/08 - Protective devices for the ears internal, e.g. earplugs
G10K 11/178 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effectsMasking sound by electro-acoustically regenerating the original acoustic waves in anti-phase
