Facta Univ. Ser.: Elec. Energ., vol. 15, No. 1, April 2002, 73-80

Development of a Totally Implantable Hearing Aid

Aleksandar Vujanić, Robert Pavelka, Nadja Adamović, Christoph Kment, Sladjan Mitić, Werner Brenner, and Gordana Popović

Abstract: In this paped we described briefly the activities done in the frame of development of a system for contactless detection of the vibrations of the middle ear ossicle. The system has been constructed in the form of a fiber-optic vibrometer, which can be used as the microphone of a totally implantable hearing aid. The current state of the art is described and the initial measurements are presented and commented upon.

Key words: Micro-systems, micro-optics, fiber-optic vibrometer.

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