The Envoy® Totally Implantable Hearing System, St. Croix Medical
| Autor: | Iain L. Grant, Eric Javel, Kai Kroll |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Signal processing
Frequency response business.industry Computer science Earmold Electrical engineering Sense (electronics) medicine.disease Article 03 medical and health sciences Speech and Hearing 0302 clinical medicine 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis medicine Audio feedback Sensorineural hearing loss 030223 otorhinolaryngology business Sensitivity (electronics) Neuroscience Stapes |
| Zdroj: | Trends in Amplification. 6:73-80 |
| ISSN: | 1084-7138 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/108471380200600208 |
| Popis: | The Totally Implantable Envoy® System is currently undergoing clinical trials in both the United States and Europe. The fully implantable hearing device is intended for use in patients with sensorineural hearing loss. The device employs piezoelectric transducers to sense ossicle motion and drive the stapes. Programmable signal processing parameters include amplification, compression, and variable frequency response. The fully implantable attribute allows users to take advantage of normal external ear resonances and head-related transfer functions, while avoiding undesirable earmold effects. The high sensitivity, low power consumption, and high fidelity attributes of piezoelectric transducers minimize acoustic feedback and maximize battery life ( Gyo, 1996 ; Yanagihara, (1987) and 2001 ). The surgical procedure to install the device has been accurately defined and implantation is reversible. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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