Patent Document ID: 7603176
Application ID: 11497719
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of selecting a number of channels out of a multiplicity of channels of an implantable cochlear stimulation system for stimulation during a stimulation frame, said method comprising: obtaining a threshold corresponding to said stimulation frame; using said threshold to determine an adjusted amplitude corresponding to one or more channels within said multiplicity of channels; using said adjusted amplitudes to determine a plurality of probabilities each corresponding to a different channel within said multiplicity of channels; providing a plurality of random numbers each corresponding to a different channel within said multiplicity of channels; comparing said probabilities to said random numbers; and selecting, by a speech processor included within the implantable cochlear stimulation system, a number of channels within said one or more channels for stimulation during said stimulation frame; wherein each selected channel has a probability within said plurality of probabilities that is greater than a random number corresponding to said selected channel and within said plurality of random numbers.