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Implantable and external hearing system having a floating mass transducer

  • US 20010003788A1
  • Filed: 11/30/2000
  • Published: 06/14/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/1993
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for improving hearing, comprising:

  • a housing mountable on a vibratory structure of an ear;

    a mass mechanically coupled to the housing, wherein the mass vibrates in direct response to an externally generated electrical signal; and

    whereby vibration of the mass causes inertial vibration of the housing in order to stimulate the vibratory structure of the ear.

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