Patent ID: 8265765

Claim:
A method for fitting a multimodal hearing system to a recipient comprising: determining a desired perception for an input signal; determining two or more stimulation signals, each using a stimulus mode weighting; applying said two or more stimulation signals using two or more different stimulation modes, wherein the two or more different stimulation modes comprise two or more of the following: an electrical mode of stimulation, an acoustic mode of stimulation produced by an electro-acoustic transducer, a mechanical mode of stimulation, and a photo effect mode of stimulation; receiving a measurement of a perception evoked by applying to the recipient the two or more stimulation signals that correspond to the input signal, wherein the two or more stimulation signals are applied using the two or more stimulation modes, and each stimulation signal is determined using respective stimulus mode weightings; and adjusting one or more of the stimulus mode weightings based on the difference between the measured evoked perception and the desired perception.