EP1179969A3 - Mindestens teilweise implantierbares Hörsystem - Google Patents

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EP1179969A3
EP1179969A3 EP01118052A EP01118052A EP1179969A3 EP 1179969 A3 EP1179969 A3 EP 1179969A3 EP 01118052 A EP01118052 A EP 01118052A EP 01118052 A EP01118052 A EP 01118052A EP 1179969 A3 EP1179969 A3 EP 1179969A3
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Friedemann Stöckert
Hans Dr.-Ing. Leysieffer
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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
    • H04R25/75—Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • 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
    • H04R17/00—Piezoelectric transducers; Electrostrictive transducers
    • 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

Mindestens teilweise implantierbares Hörsystem mit mindestens einem schallaufnehmenden Sensor (38) zur Aufnahme von Schallsignalen und deren Umwandlung in entsprechende elektrische Signale, einer elektronischen Signalverarbeitungseinheit (40, 62) zur Audiosignalverarbeitung und -verstärkung, einer elektrischen Energieversorgungseinheit (54), die einzelne Komponenten des Systems mit Strom versorgt, sowie mindestens einem ein aktives elektromechanisches Element (12, 13) aufweisenden, von einer treibenden Elektronikbaugruppe (44) der Signalverarbeitungseinheit angesteuerten ausgangsseitigen elektromechanischen Wandler (10) zur Stimulation eines beliebigen Mittelohr-Zielossikels über ein passives Koppelelement (21). Zwischen dem aktiven elektromechanischen Element (12, 13) des Wandlers (10) und dem passiven Koppelelement (21) ist eine schaltbare Kupplungsanordnung (22) angeordnet ist, die im inaktiven Zustand der den Wandler treibenden Elektronikbaugruppe (44) das passive Koppelelement von dem ausgangsseitigen Teil (12) des Wandlers so weitgehend abkuppelt, dass die mechanische Ausgangsimpedanz des Wandlers im wesentlichen keinen Einfluss auf die natürliche Schwingfähigkeit der Ossikelkette des Mittelohres hat und somit die natürliche Resthörfähigkeit für Luftschall weitgehend erhalten bleibt.
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