Abstract: Disclosed technology includes technology for compensating for a balance dysfunction. A system can combine sensory substitution with balance dysfunction suppression. Dysfunctional balance information coming from a recipient's vestibular system is inhibited using stimulation. Balance information (e.g. how the recipient is positioned with respect to gravity, such as rotation along pitch and roll axes) is then passed to another sensory channel (e.g., visual, audible, or tactile sensory channels). Such a system can be implemented with a cochlear implant or another sensory prostheses having balance signals injected into the stimulation signal processing path.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 20, 2020
Date of Patent:
November 7, 2023
Assignees:
Cochlear Limited, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Inventors:
Angel Ramos De Miguel, Carl Van Himbeeck, Erika Jeanne Van Baelen