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The present application is a division of application Ser. No. 12/485,857, filed Jun. 16, 2009, entitled TIMING CONTROL FOR PAIRED PLASTICITY, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
This application is a continuation application of U.S. Utility patent application Ser. No. 12/485,040, filed Jun. 15, 2009 and claims priority benefits under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) from U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/077,648, filed on Jul. 2, 2008 and entitled “Treatment of Tinnitus with Vagus Nerve Stimulation”; U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/078,954, filed on Jul. 8, 2008 and entitled “Neuroplasticity Enhancement”; U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/086,116, filed on Aug. 4, 2008 and entitled “Tinnitus Treatment Methods and Apparatus”; and U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/149,387, filed on Feb. 3, 2009 and entitled “Healing the Human Brain: The Next Medical Revolution.” The present application incorporates the foregoing disclosures herein by reference.
a timing control system configured to treat tinnitus therapy comprising:
a sound generator configured to generate a plurality of sounds;
an implantable vagus nerve stimulator configured to stimulate a vagus nerve of a patient, wherein
the timing control system is configured to synchronize stimulation of the vagus nerve with the generation of the plurality of sounds,
the implantable vagus nerve stimulator includes an electrode and a pulse generator connected to the electrode, wherein the implantable vagus nerve stimulator is configured to stimulate a vagus nerve of a patient in contact with the electrode with an electrical pulse train from the pulse generator,
the system is configured to receive data defining frequencies corresponding to that associated with a patient's tinnitus, and
the system is configured to instruct the sound generator to generate a series of the sounds such that the sounds do not have frequencies corresponding to those associated with the patient's tinnitus.
the sound generator is configured to generate sounds, wherein each sound consists of only one frequency.
the system is configured to control the sound generator to generate sound randomly.
the system is configured to control an intensity of the sound generated by the sound generator.
the system is configured to control a duty cycle of a pulse train of the vagus nerve stimulator so that the vagus nerve stimulation is followed by a period of non-stimulation at least as long as the length of time of the vagus never stimulation precedent the period of non-simulation.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to send a series of stimulation trigger signals to the vagus nerve stimulator so that the an electrical pulse train is provided such that the vagus nerve is stimulated with the pulse train at the same time as the generation of the sounds.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to cause the sound generator to generate the sounds randomly.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to control the intensity of the sounds, and
wherein the control system is configured to control the duty cycle of the pulse train so that vagus nerve stimulation is followed by a period of non-stimulation at least as long as the vagus nerve stimulation.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to send a series of stimulation trigger signals to the vagus nerve stimulator to stimulate the vagus nerve with the pulse train at the same time as the generation of the sounds.
the system is configured such that stimulation of the vagus nerve by the vagus nerve stimulator is a 0.8 milliamp pulse.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein the timing control system is configured to provide stimulation of the vagus nerve such that stimulation begins before the beginning of generation of sound.
12. The system of claim 1, wherein the timing control system is configured to provide stimulation of the vagus nerve that begins after the beginning of generation of sound.
13. The system of claim 1, wherein the timing control system is configured to provide stimulation of the vagus nerve that overlaps with the generation of sound.
the system is configured to instruct the sound generator to generate a series of the sounds each having only one frequency and such that the sounds do not have frequencies corresponding to those associated with the patient's tinnitus.
15. The system of claim 14, wherein the timing control system is configured to provide stimulation of the vagus nerve such that stimulation begins before the beginning of generation of sound.
16. The system of claim 14, wherein the timing control system is configured to provide stimulation of the vagus nerve that begins after the beginning of generation of sound.
17. The system of claim 14, wherein the timing control system is configured to provide stimulation of the vagus nerve that overlaps with the generation of sound.
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