A device comprising a selection circuit and an implantable electrode arrangement including electrodes and an electrode support, permitting to select a number of the electrodes of the implantable electrode arrangement, said selection circuit comprising: - a signal interface having a number of electrode connections which are coupled to the number of electrodes of said electrode arrangement, and a number of signal connections, wherein said signal interface is arranged for wired signal transmission between the electrodes and the signal connections, - a switching electronics having a number of programmable switches, wherein a switch, when it is in one connection state, connects an electrode connection with a signal connection and, when it is in a second switching state, disconnects the electrode connection from the signal connection, wherein the supply of the switching electronics with energy takes place in a wireless manner, - a programming interface via which the switching states of the switches may be set for the electrodes in accordance with an activation scheme and via which the switching electronics is capable of being supplied with energy for setting the switching states of the switches, wherein the switches are configured to maintain the switching states set via the programming interface when the energy supply is interrupted, said switches being configured as MOS transistors with charge storage, and wherein the programming interface is configured for wireless transmission of the activation scheme to the switching electronics, the programming interface is configured as an inductive programming interface and may be inductively coupled to a programming unit, and the programming interface has a means for creating a supply voltage for the switching electronics from a carrier wave of the inductive coupling, and the electrodes of the electrode arrangement and the selection circuit are disposed on the electrode support. - a signal interface having a number of electrode connections which are coupled to the number of electrodes of said electrode arrangement, and a number of signal connections, wherein said signal interface is arranged for wired signal transmission between the electrodes and the signal connections, - a switching electronics having a number of programmable switches, wherein a switch, when it is in one connection state, connects an electrode connection with a signal connection and, when it is in a second switching state, disconnects the electrode connection from the signal connection, wherein the supply of the switching electronics with energy takes place in a wireless manner, - a programming interface via which the switching states of the switches may be set for the electrodes in accordance with an activation scheme and via which the switching electronics is capable of being supplied with energy for setting the switching states of the switches, wherein the switches are configured to maintain the switching states set via the programming interface when the energy supply is interrupted, said switches being configured as MOS transistors with charge storage, and wherein the programming interface is configured for wireless transmission of the activation scheme to the switching electronics, the programming interface is configured as an inductive programming interface and may be inductively coupled to a programming unit, and the programming interface has a means for creating a supply voltage for the switching electronics from a carrier wave of the inductive coupling, and the electrodes of the electrode arrangement and the selection circuit are disposed on the electrode support.