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EP1191815A3
EP1191815A3 EP01118050A EP01118050A EP1191815A3 EP 1191815 A3 EP1191815 A3 EP 1191815A3 EP 01118050 A EP01118050 A EP 01118050A EP 01118050 A EP01118050 A EP 01118050A EP 1191815 A3 EP1191815 A3 EP 1191815A3
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    • 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
    • H04R2217/00—Details of magnetostrictive, piezoelectric, or electrostrictive transducers covered by H04R15/00 or H04R17/00 but not provided for in any of their subgroups
    • H04R2217/01—Non-planar magnetostrictive, piezoelectric or electrostrictive benders

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Abstract

Mindestens teilweise implantierbares System zur Rehabilitation einer Hörstörung mit mindestens einem schallaufnehmenden Sensor (Mikrofon) (42), einer elektronischen Anordnung (41; 62, 65) zur Audiosignalverarbeitung und -verstärkung, einer elektrischen Energieversorgungseinheit (53), welche einzelne Komponenten des Systems mit Strom versorgt, und einer ausgangsseitigen aktorischen Anordnung zur direkten mechanischen Stimulation eines lymphatischen Raums des Innenohres. Erfindungsgemäß besteht die ausgangsseitige aktorische Anordnung aus einem intracochleären elektromechanischen Wandler (18, 18').

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An at least partially implantable hearing impairment rehabilitation system comprising at least one sound receiving sensor (microphone) (42), electronic signal processing and amplification electronic circuitry (41; 62,65), an electrical power supply unit (53) which supplies power to individual components of the system and an output-side actuator array for direct mechanical stimulation of a lymphatic space of the inner ear. According to the invention, the output-side actuator arrangement consists of an intracochlear electromechanical transducer (18, 18 ').
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EP01118050A 2000-09-21 2001-07-25 At least partially implantable hearing system with direct mechanical stimulation of a lymphatic space of the internal ear Expired - Lifetime EP1191815B1 (en)

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