MULTI-ELECTRODE CHANNEL CONFIGURATIONS
First Claim
1. A method for determining weights for a stimulation channel of a stimulating hearing prosthesis having a plurality of electrodes, wherein the stimulation channel uses the determined weights in providing stimulation using a plurality of the electrodes of the stimulating medical device, the method comprising:
- determining a transimpedance matrix for the plurality of electrodes;
computing a transadmittance matrix for the plurality of electrodes, the transadmittance matrix being a matrix inversion of the transimpedance matrix;
computing an error based on positive off-diagonal values of the transadmittance matrix;
determining if the error exceeds a criterion level;
adjusting a diagonal of the transimpedance matrix if the criterion level is exceeded;
calculating the corresponding weights for the plurality of electrodes for the stimulation channel using the adjusted transimpedance matrix; and
providing the calculated weights to the stimulating medical device for use in providing stimulation to a recipient of the stimulating medical device.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for determining stimulation channels for a stimulating device is provided. This method and apparatus may involve computing a set of weights for the plurality of stimulation channels of the stimulating hearing prosthesis. These weights may be determined by determining a transimpedance matrix for the stimulating hearing prosthesis where a diagonal of the transimpedance matrix is determined by extrapolation. A transadmittance matrix may then be computed for this transimpedance matrix. An error may then be computed base on positive off-diagonal terms of the transadmittance matrix. The apparatus and method may determine the weights for the stimulation channels by determining an adjustment to the diagonal of the transimpedance matrix that results in a computed error that does not exceed a specified criterion level.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for determining weights for a stimulation channel of a stimulating hearing prosthesis having a plurality of electrodes, wherein the stimulation channel uses the determined weights in providing stimulation using a plurality of the electrodes of the stimulating medical device, the method comprising:
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determining a transimpedance matrix for the plurality of electrodes; computing a transadmittance matrix for the plurality of electrodes, the transadmittance matrix being a matrix inversion of the transimpedance matrix; computing an error based on positive off-diagonal values of the transadmittance matrix; determining if the error exceeds a criterion level; adjusting a diagonal of the transimpedance matrix if the criterion level is exceeded; calculating the corresponding weights for the plurality of electrodes for the stimulation channel using the adjusted transimpedance matrix; and providing the calculated weights to the stimulating medical device for use in providing stimulation to a recipient of the stimulating medical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 20)
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7. The method of claim 7, wherein determining a cost comprises:
adjusting the determined cost to determine a minimal cost in which the minimization algorithm identifies a set of one or more gain values, with the determined cost, that provides an error that does not exceed the criterion level.
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11. An apparatus for determining weights for a stimulation channel of a stimulating hearing prosthesis having a plurality of electrodes, wherein the stimulation channel uses the determined weights in providing stimulation using a plurality of the electrodes of the stimulating hearing prosthesis, the apparatus comprising:
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error minimization module configured to compute a transadmittance matrix by inverting a determined transimpedance matrix, compute an error based on positive off-diagonal values of the transadmittance matrix, determine if the error exceeds a criterion level; and
adjust a diagonal of the transimpedance matrix if the criterion level is exceeded; anda weight calculation module configured to calculate corresponding weights for the plurality of electrodes for the stimulation channel; and an interface configured to provide the calculated weights to the stimulating hearing prosthesis for use in providing stimulation to a recipient of the stimulating hearing prosthesis. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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21. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising program code for controlling a processor to execute a method for determining weights for a stimulation channel of a stimulating hearing prosthesis having a plurality of electrodes, wherein the stimulation channel uses the determined weights in providing stimulation using a plurality of the electrodes of the stimulating hearing prosthesis, the method comprising:
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determining a transimpedance matrix for the plurality of electrodes; computing a transadmittance matrix for the plurality of electrodes, the transadmittance matrix being a matrix inversion of the transimpedance matrix; computing an error based on positive off-diagonal values of the transadmittance matrix; determining if the error exceeds a criterion level; adjusting a diagonal of the transimpedance matrix if the criterion level is exceeded; calculating the corresponding weights for the plurality of electrodes for the stimulation channel using the adjusted transimpedance matrix; and providing the calculated weights to the stimulating hearing prosthesis for use in providing stimulation to a recipient of the stimulating hearing prosthesis.
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22. An apparatus for determining weights for a stimulation channel of a stimulating device having a plurality of electrodes, wherein the stimulation channel uses the determined weights in providing stimulation using a plurality of the electrodes of the stimulating hearing prosthesis, the apparatus comprising:
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means for determining a transimpedance matrix for the plurality of electrodes; means for computing a transadmittance matrix by inverting the transimpedance matrix; means for computing a transadmittance matrix for the plurality of electrodes, the transadmittance matrix being a matrix inversion of the transimpedance matrix; means for determining if the error exceeds a criterion level; means for adjusting a diagonal of the transimpedance matrix if the criterion level is exceeded; means for calculating the corresponding weights for the plurality of electrodes for the stimulation channel using the adjusted transimpedance matrix; and means for providing the calculated weights to the stimulating hearing prosthesis for use in providing stimulation to a recipient of the stimulating hearing prosthesis.
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