Patent ID: 8788052
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: A61N,G01R

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a sound processor communicatively coupled to an auditory prosthesis implanted in a patient, that a first electrode and a second electrode included in a plurality of electrodes implanted in the patient are shorted together; detecting, by the sound processor, that a main electrical stimulation pulse intended only for the first electrode is to be delivered by the auditory prosthesis to the first electrode; and directing, by the sound processor in response to the detecting, the auditory prosthesis to concurrently deliver the main electrical stimulation pulse to the first electrode and one or more compensating electrical stimulation pulses to one or more additional electrodes included in the plurality of electrodes; wherein the delivery of the main electrical stimulation pulse to the first electrode causes an unwanted electrical stimulation pulse to be simultaneously delivered to the second electrode; and wherein the one or more compensating electrical stimulation pulses are out-of-phase with respect to the unwanted electrical stimulation pulse and configured to minimize a perceptual disturbance caused by the unwanted electrical stimulation pulse.