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Implantable system for the rehabilitation of a hearing disorder
Hans Leysieffer,Bernd Waldmann +1 more
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In this paper, an implantable system for rehabilitation of a hearing disorder with an arrangement for processing and/or generation of signals is provided including a wireless telemetry unit for data transmission between the implantable part of the system and an external unit.Abstract:
An at least partially implantable system for rehabilitation of a hearing disorder with an arrangement for processing and/or generation of signals is provided including an implantable processor arrangement with control logic which operates according to an operating program and an implantable storage arrangement for storage of the operating program and of operating parameters. A wireless telemetry unit is provided for data transmission between the implantable part of the system and an external unit. The system also includes a power supply arrangement which supplies individual components of the system with current and a rewritable implantable storage arrangement assigned to the processor arrangement for holding and reproducing the operating program and the operating parameters. At least a part of the operating program and/or of the operating parameters can be modified and/or replaced by data transmitted from the external unit via the telemetry unit.read more
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