Systems and methods for photo-mechanical hearing transduction

Details Systems and methods for photo-mechanical hearing transduction Systems and methods for photo-mechanical hearing transduction

2011-01-11

2011-01-11

Marmor, II, Charles A (Department: 3735)

Surgery

Surgically implanted vibratory hearing aid

Reexamination Certificate

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07867160

ABSTRACT:
Hearing systems for both hearing impaired and normal hearing subjects comprise an input transducer and a separate output transducer. The input transducer will include a light source for generating a light signal in response to either ambient sound or an external electronic sound signal. The output transducer will comprise a light-responsive transducer component which is adapted to receive light from the input transducer. The output transducer component will vibrate in response to the light input and produce vibrations in a component of a subject's hearing transduction pathway, such as the tympanic membrane, a bone in the ossicular chain, or directly on the cochlea, in order to produce neural signals representative of the original sound.

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