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SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A COCHLEAR IMPLANT PROGRAM USING MULTI-ELECTRODE STIMULATION TO ELICIT THE ELECTRICALLY-EVOKED COMPOUND ACTION POTENTIAL
SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A COCHLEAR IMPLANT PROGRAM USING MULTI-ELECTRODE STIMULATION TO ELICIT THE ELECTRICALLY-EVOKED COMPOUND ACTION POTENTIAL
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机译:利用多电极刺激产生电诱发复合动作电位的人工耳蜗植入程序的系统
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A multichannel cochlear implant system spatially spreads the excitation pattern in the target neural tissue by either: (1) rapid sequential stimulation of a small group of electrodes, or (2) simultaneously stimulating a small group of electrodes. Such multi-electrode stimulation stimulates a greater number of neurons in a synchronous manner, thereby increasing the amplitude of the extra-cellular voltage fluctuation and facilitating its recording. The electrical stimuli are applied simultaneously (or sequentially at a rapid rate) on selected small groups of electrodes while monitoring the evoked compound action potential (ECAP) on a nearby electrode. The presence of an observable ECAP not only validates operation of the implant device at a time when the patient may be unconscious or otherwise unable to provide subjective feedback, but also provides a way for the magnitude of the observed ECAP to be recorded as a function of the amplitude of the applied stimulus. From this data, a safe, efficacious and comfortable threshold level can be obtained which may be used thereafter as the initial setting of the stimulation parameters of the neurostimulation device, or to guide the setting of the stimulation parameters of the neurostimulation device.
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