Abstract: An automated method for treating tinnitus by habituation through use of neurological feedback, comprising the steps of connecting a subject through a set of attached headphones to an electronic sound player that is connected to a PC workstation presenting sound examples by software to the subject who can refine them by manipulating a series of controllers on the player, making an electronic recording of the sound in a digital music format, storing the recording in the computer, transferring a copy of the electronic sound file to the subject's electronic music player, generating an EEC signature of the subject's brain activity in response to the presented sound, sound using the customized sound to stimulate the auditory system while the brain activity is recorded, wherein the computer continuously monitors for the feedback signatures and drives the sound stimuli appropriately.

Abstract: An implantable defibrillation/cardioversion system and method comprising an electrode having a plurality of discrete electrically conductive segments. The conductive segments are electrically isolated from each other and electrically connected to a defibrillation/cardioversion unit. An electrical pulse block is generated and chopped into a plurality of discrete pulse segments by the defibrillation/cardioversion unit and applied to the electrode so that each conductive segment receives a particular electrical pulse assigned from the series of pulses. In this way, the concentration of gas generated from ionic current produced by a high energy defibrillation pulse is reduces and more energy is delivered to the heart, thus reducing the required energy input to the electrode. The electrode may be planar or in a catheter electrode configuration.