AUDITORY PROSTHESIS EMITTING ULTRASONIC PULSES Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC A61H23/02 H04R25/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to medical equipment, specifically to means of compensating for loss or hearing disorders using an auditory prosthesis. Auditory prosthesis comprises at least one electroacoustic transducer for converting acoustic signals into electrical signals and an ultrasonic device configured to generate focused pulsed ultrasonic beams, wherein the ultrasonic device is configured to be fixed in the external ear and/or outside the ear, wherein the ultrasonic beams are focused on different spatially distributed points (P) in the region of the inner ear (I) or in the auditory pathway in the brain (G), causing nerve stimulation, depending on electric signals generated by the electroacoustic transducer. Method of compensating for hearing loss or hearing loss is characterized by the fact that the acoustic prosthesis is fixed in the external ear and/or outside the ear and ultrasonic beams, depending on the electric signals formed by the electroacoustic transducer, are focused on different spatially distributed points (P) in the inner ear region (I) or in the auditory pathway in the brain (G), as a result, various spatially distributed regions are stimulated in sciatic (H) or within auditory canal, which represent different audio frequencies.

EFFECT: use of the group of inventions widens the range of means of compensating for loss or hearing disorders with the help of an auditory prosthesis.

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