CPC A61M 31/00 (2013.01) [H04R 25/558 (2013.01); H04R 25/606 (2013.01); A61M 2205/05 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0668 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01)] | 29 Claims |
1. A prosthesis, comprising:
an apparatus configured to deliver a therapeutic substance from outside a cochlea to inside the cochlea and configured to evoke a mechanically based hearing percept, wherein
at least one of:
the apparatus is configured to be controlled to evoke the mechanically based hearing percept without delivering the therapeutic substance from outside the cochlea to inside the cochlea; or
the apparatus is configured to be controlled to deliver the therapeutic substance from outside the cochlea to inside the cochlea without evoking the mechanically based hearing percept.
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