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BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Open Access Published by De Gruyter September 7, 2017

Investigation of intracochlear dual actuator stimulation in a scaled test rig

  • Wouter J. van Drunen EMAIL logo , Sarra Kacha Lachheb , Anatoly Glukhovskoy , Jens Twiefel , Marc C. Wurz , Thomas Lenarz , Thomas S. Rau and Omid Majdani

Abstract

For patients suffering from profound hearing loss or deafness still having respectable residual hearing in the low frequency range, the combination of a hearing aid with a cochlear implant results in the best quality of hearing perception (EAS – electric acoustic stimulation). In order to optimize EAS, ongoing research focusses on the integration of these stimuli in a single implant device. Within this study, the performance of piezoelectric actuators, particularly the dual actuator stimulation, in a scaled uncoiled test rig was investigated.

Published Online: 2017-09-07

©2017 Wouter J. van Drunen et al., published by De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston

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