Patent Document ID: 9155886
Application ID: 12914206
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for adjusting a response curve of a hybrid hearing prosthesis system, the hybrid hearing prosthesis system including at least a filter bank, a processor, an acoustic stimulator, an electrical stimulator, and an electrode array implanted in a recipient, the filter bank operatively providing an output channel signal for each of one or more frequency channels, and the processor operatively applying at least one channel-specific input/output parameter to one or more of the output channel signals to produce acoustic stimuli via the acoustic stimulator and electrical stimuli via the electrical stimulator, the method including: for each frequency channel for which acoustic stimulation is contemplated, (i) providing via the acoustic stimulator an acoustic stimulus at a known level and (ii) using the electrode array to determine an evoked neural response to each acoustic stimulus, wherein the processor produces the acoustic stimulus using the at least one input/output parameter for the frequency channel; compiling the evoked neural responses to produce the response curve; comparing the response curve to a predetermined response curve; and for one or more of the frequency channels for which acoustic stimulation is contemplated, adjusting the least one input/output parameter so that the response curve best matches the predetermined response curve.