Designing and Implementing Systems and Circuitry for use in Cochlear Implants

Abstract

Cochlear implants are medical assistive devices that improve the auditory capabilities of thousands of people experiencing profound deafness. This project seeks to offer new insights, explanations, and designs relevant to this technology.

There are two primary scopes of the project. First is the creation of a robust master view of cochlear implants, integrating its anthropological implications to the technical design, state, and limitations of modern cochlear implants. The second is an engineering endeavor to design, prototype and document the development of systems capable of supporting the critical functionality of a cochlear implant.

Two potentially standalone components emerge from this work which together represent the full scope of the Independent Research Report: Designing and Implementing Systems and Circuitry for Use in Cochlear Implants.