Design of Implantable Transducer for Middle Ear Hearing Aid

이식형 중이용 청각보조 트랜스듀서의 설계

  • Park, H.O. (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Song, B.S. (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Won, C.H. (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Park, S.K. (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Lee, S.H. (Department of E.N.T., School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Cho, J.H. (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
  • 박형욱 (경북대학교 공과대학 전자전기공학부) ;
  • 송병섭 (경북대학교 공과대학 전자전기공학부) ;
  • 원철호 (경북대학교 공과대학 전자전기공학부) ;
  • 박세광 (경북대학교 공과대학 전자전기공학부) ;
  • 이상흔 (경북대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 조진호 (경북대학교 공과대학 전자전기공학부)
  • Published : 1996.05.17

Abstract

Electro-magnetic type implantable middle ear hearing aid has been empirically developed. But for further improvement of the system performance more quantitative approach is necessary. In this paper, we analyzed vibrating transducer which is most important to design the system, appropriate for given hearing level, and implemented it. Using this transducer, implantable hearing aid system are developed. To verify the design process, we experimented with driving metal strip by the developed system. From the experiment, frequency response of implemented device showed good characteristic at audio frequency and we confirmed that each part of the developed system operated well.

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