Most commercially available cochlear implants and hearing aids use microphones as
sensors for capturing the external sound field. These microphones are in general located in …

Acoustic signals are important markers to monitor physiological and pathological conditions,
eg, heart and respiratory sounds. The employment of traditional devices, such as …

Conclusions: The new floating piezoelectric microphone is feasible for use as an
implantable middle ear microphone in a totally implantable cochlear implant. Objectives: A …

Objective. We present the'UmboMic,'a prototype piezoelectric cantilever microphone
designed for future use with totally-implantable cochlear implants. Methods. The UmboMic …

A fully implantable hearing aid is introduced which is a combined sensor-actuator-
transducer designed for insertion into the incudostapedial joint gap (ISJ). The active …

Implantable assembly components that are biocompatible and highly miniaturized are an
important objective for hearing aid development. We introduce a mechanical transducer …

This paper presents a low noise, low power and highly programmable analog front-end that
can interface with an implantable acoustic sensor of a 12-channel fully implantable cochlear …

Myringoplasty is one of the routine surgeries in the treatment of tympanic membrane (TM)
perforation. Since the gross anatomical structure of the middle ear cannot be simulated in …

Dynamic pressure at the tympanic membrane is transformed and subsequently transferred
through the ossicular chain in the form of forces and moments. The forces are primarily …

We propose a novel system based on the Floating Mass Transducer (FMT) to be used as the
active component of a fully implantable, Vibrant Soundbridge-like middle ear implant. The …