Implantable Hearing Devices
Stieger, Christof
For the treatment of hearing impairments, various types of hearing devices and surgical methods exist. However, these methods are not adequate for all types of hearing losses and patients' needs. Depending on the design, some of the inherent shortcomings could be reduced by implantable hearing systems. In implantable hearing systems, the output is generated by an implantable transducer, i.e. the equivalent of the loudspeaker of a conventional ...