AI will customize children's hearing implants in minutes

The software and hardware complex (PAC) for using expert AI-based cochlear implant customization was created at the St. Petersburg Research Institute of Ear, Throat, Nose and Speech (SPb NII ENT) of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

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A cochlear implant is an electronic device with the help of which deaf people can hear surrounding sounds and speech. The complex is equipped with the original domestic platform for artificial intelligence tasks Delta Sprut.

As medics told Izvestia, the adjustment of the cochlear implantation system is performed with the participation of several specialists, the most important being a sign language surgeon and a sign language teacher. Usually its duration is from several days to several months, depending on the age and preparedness of the child.

"The Institute has developed an artificial intelligence system that allows using objective research and computer technology to determine the main parameters of cochlear implantation system settings. All the experience accumulated by the institute in this field was used to develop the AI. This technology makes it possible to carry out the necessary objective research of a deaf child's hearing within a few minutes and to predict the necessary parameters for the cochlear implant to work. Setting up the system with AI usually takes 10-15 minutes", - said Vladimir Dvoryanchikov.

After that, doctors continue to monitor the rehabilitation process and make minor adjustments to the settings if necessary, sign language teachers teach the child to hear and speak, said the doctor.

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