WO2010133705A3 - Hearing instrument for round window stimulation - Google Patents

Hearing instrument for round window stimulation Download PDF

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WO2010133705A3
WO2010133705A3 PCT/EP2010/064286 EP2010064286W WO2010133705A3 WO 2010133705 A3 WO2010133705 A3 WO 2010133705A3 EP 2010064286 W EP2010064286 W EP 2010064286W WO 2010133705 A3 WO2010133705 A3 WO 2010133705A3
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round window
audio signals
hearing instrument
audio signal
signal source
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Ranjeeta Ambett
Pierre-Yves Clair
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Advanced Bionics Ag
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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
    • H04R25/60—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 invention relates to a hearing instrument, comprising an audio signal source (28), an audio signal processing unit (34) for processing the audio signals provided by the audio signal source and an implantable stimulation assembly (18) for stimulating a round window (24) of a patient according to the processed audio signals, the stimulation assembly comprising an electromechanical actuator (20, 120, 220) to be driven according to the processed audio signals and a contact element (79) to be mechanically driven by the actuator and to be in direct contact with the round window for making the round window membrane vibrate according to the processed audio signals, wherein the contact element has a rounded contact surface for touching the round window membrane, wherein the contact surface is made of a biocompatible material having an elastic modulus between 5 and 40 GPa and density of 1.5 to 3 g/cm3.
PCT/EP2010/064286 2010-09-27 2010-09-27 Hearing instrument for round window stimulation WO2010133705A2 (en)

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WO1994014293A1 (en) * 1990-10-17 1994-06-23 Samuel Gilman Hearing aid having liquid transmission means
US20060161255A1 (en) * 2002-12-30 2006-07-20 Andrej Zarowski Implantable hearing system
US7753838B2 (en) * 2005-10-06 2010-07-13 Otologics, Llc Implantable transducer with transverse force application
US20090124849A1 (en) * 2007-11-08 2009-05-14 Nicholas Pergola Spanning connector for implantable hearing instrument
US20090240099A1 (en) * 2008-02-29 2009-09-24 Otologics, Llc Bi-modal cochlea stimulation
US20090228104A1 (en) * 2008-03-06 2009-09-10 Peter Strzepa Cartilage implants and methods of use

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