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Method and system for obtaining stapedial reflexes in cochlear implant users using multiband stimuli

  • US 7,117,038 B1
  • Filed: 09/15/2003
  • Issued: 10/03/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a cochlear implant system having a sound processor and multiple electrode contacts through which stimuli are adapted to be applied to a patient'"'"'s inner ear, a method of “

  • fitting”

    the cochlear implant system to the patient, comprising;

    identifying multiple groups of the electrode contacts;

    applying electrical stimuli to all of the electrode contacts of select groups of the electrode contacts and monitoring stapedial reflexes of the patient such that temporal and spatial integration during live speech are accounted for and the accuracy of predicting live speech comfort levels is increased; and

    using the stapedial reflexes to control the intensity of electrical stimuli thereafter applied through the electrode contacts by the cochlear implant system.

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