Electrical Research Design For Cochlear Implants
The high-level design goals and considerations made for the a innovative fully implantable cochlear implant. Deliverable components were produced as a company asset for Analog Devices Inc. for the support received on relevant work throughout the internship period on relevant work. This proposal and design is for a Fully Implantable Cochlear Implant (FICI) which improve on the traditional Cochlear Implant (CI) product by eliminating the need for an external microphone and speech processor. The internship represents a collaborative partnership with Princeton University supporting the development of her Senior Independent Project. This research entitled, “Designing and Implementing Systems and Circuitry for Use in Cochlear Implants” was presented within the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Princeton University and was awarded an A- which qualifies as “Very Good to Excellent; well above nominal expectation”. There are two primary scopes of the research 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.