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A Physical Cochlear Model for Transducer Performance Evaluation of Implantable Hearing Aid with Round Window Driver

정원창 구동기의 진동체 성능 평가를 위한 내이 물리모델

  • Shin, Dong Ho (Graduate School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Lim, Hyung Gyu (Institute of Biomedical Engineering Research, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Jung, Eui Sung (Institute of Biomedical Engineering Research, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Seong, Ki Woong (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kyungpook National University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Jyung Hyun (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kyungpook National University Hospital) ;
  • Cho, Jin Ho (Graduate School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
  • 신동호 (경북대학교 대학원 전자공학부) ;
  • 임형규 (경북대학교 의공학연구소) ;
  • 정의성 (경북대학교 의공학연구소) ;
  • 성기웅 (경북대학교병원 의공학과) ;
  • 이정현 (경북대학교병원 의공학과) ;
  • 조진호 (경북대학교 대학원 전자공학부)
  • Received : 2013.02.18
  • Accepted : 2013.03.21
  • Published : 2013.03.31
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Abstract

Recently, various hearing aids are developed to overcome hearing loss. There are available hearing aids, such as air conduction hearing aid, implantable middle ear hearing aid and so on. But air conduction hearing aid is inconvenience caused by howling, and ossicle chain driving type implantable middle ear hearing aid has some week point due to problem of possible nercobiosis of coupling spot along incus long process. In recent years, in order to improve these shortcomings round window (RW) driving hearing aid has been paying attention. In this paper, the physical cochlear model is proposed for a performance evaluation of the RW driving hearing aids of a transducer. In order to verify an experiment proposed on a performance of physical cochlear model, the transducer which has ossicles characteristics is used. By measuring and comparing the frequency characteristics of transducer with ossicles and human temporal bone, performance of physical cochlear model was verified. As from the result of experiment, it is expected that an implemented cochlear model is useful for evaluating characteristics of RW transducer.

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