title: Implementation of a direct install 3-pole type EM transducer in round window niche for implantable middle ear hearing aids.
abstract: Since the 1980's, various types of implantable hearing aids using unique means for delivering acoustic power to the inner ear have been developed. Recently, implantable hearing aids that stimulate the round window by the middle ear transducer have received great attention because it reduces loading effect at the ossicular chain. In this study, we have implemented a direct install 3-pole type EM transducer in round window niche for implantable middle ear hearing aid. The 3-pole type EM transducer consists of two permanent magnets and three coils and exhibit structural features that minimize leakage flux, thereby permitting high efficiency and low magnetic field interference. The stapes velocity was measured using a laser Doppler vibrometer in response to the round window stimulation from the transducer. To verify the usefulness of the 3-pole type EM transducer, we compared the stapes vibration characteristics produced by the transducer and those from a sound source. The magnitude of stapes velocity due to the round window stimulation at 1 mArms was equivalent to that of stapes velocity at 94 dB SPL sound stimulation. Thus, the evaluation study shows that the 3-pole type EM transducer is suitable for implantable hearing devices.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehakro, Buk-Gu, Daegu 702-701, S. Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Ho
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehakro, Buk-Gu, Daegu 702-701, S. Korea.
authors.forename: Hyung-Gyu
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehakro, Buk-Gu, Daegu 702-701, S. Korea School of Electronics Engineering, College of IT Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Sangyuk-dong, Buk-Gu, Daegu 702-701, S. Korea.
authors.forename: Eui Sung
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehakro, Buk-Gu, Daegu 702-701, S. Korea.
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kyungpook National University Hospital, 130 Dongdeok-ro, Jung-Gu, Daegu 700-721, S. Korea.
authors.forename: Ki Woong
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Seong
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kyungpook National University Hospital, 130 Dongdeok-ro, Jung-Gu, Daegu 700-721, S. Korea.
authors.forename: Jyung Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Dankook University, 119 Dandae-ro, Dongnam-Gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam 330-714, S. Korea.
authors.forename: Seung-Ha
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehakro, Buk-Gu, Daegu 702-701, S. Korea School of Electronics Engineering, College of IT Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Sangyuk-dong, Buk-Gu, Daegu 702-701, S. Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001844:Bone Conduction / Q000502:physiology*; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008280:Magnetics / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D055617:Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012405:Round Window, Ear / Q000502:physiology*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000502:physiology*; D014159:Transducers; D014732:Vibration
keywords: 3-pole type EM transducer; implantable hearing aids; round window; stapes velocity