Title :
A micropower cochlear prosthesis system
Author :
Georgiou, J. ; Toumazou, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
Abstract :
Commercially available cochlear prosthesis systems consist of an external digital speech processor and an implanted receiver stimulator. This paper presents ultra low power mixed signal single chip implementation of a cochlear prosthesis system suitable for total implantation.
Keywords :
analogue processing circuits; audio signal processing; ear; hearing aids; integrated circuit design; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; power consumption; prosthetics; speech processing; analogue signal processing; digital communication; implanted receiver stimulator; micropower cochlear prosthesis system; mixed signal; single chip implementation; speech processor; Auditory system; Cochlear implants; Deafness; Ear; Educational institutions; Hearing aids; Neoplasms; Prosthetics; Speech processing; Surgery;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Signal Processing, 2002. DSP 2002. 2002 14th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7503-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICDSP.2002.1027900
