Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Binaural stimulation in neural auditory prostheses or hearing aids
- Patent Title (中): 神经听觉假体或助听器中的双耳刺激
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Application No.: US12143258Application Date: 2008-06-20
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Publication No.: US07920923B2Publication Date: 2011-04-05
- Inventor: Bernhard Laback , Piotr Majdak
- Applicant: Bernhard Laback , Piotr Majdak
- Applicant Address: AT Innsbruck
- Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
- Current Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: AT Innsbruck
- Agency: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP
- Priority: EP07012101 20070620
- Main IPC: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36

Abstract:
The present invention discloses of binaural stimulation in a neural auditory prosthesis. Binaural acoustic signals are generated that represent sound associated with a user's left and right ears respectively. Based on the binaural acoustic signals, corresponding binaural stimulation signals are generated for electrical stimulation of auditory nerve tissue of the user, wherein the binaural stimulation signals each include a fine structure component with periodic characteristics and interaural time difference (ITD) information. A phase jitter component is added to the binaural stimulation signals to reduce the periodic characteristics of the fine structure component while preserving the interaural time difference (ITD) information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080319509A1 Binaural Stimulation in Neural Auditory Prostheses or Hearing Aids Public/Granted day:2008-12-25
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