1. A system for fitting a multimodal hearing system to a recipient comprising:
two or more of the following devices configured to deliver stimulation signal sets to the recipient corresponding to an input signal according to stimulus mode weightings, respectively, wherein at least two of the two or more devices provide different modes of stimulation:
a mode-E device configured to provide an electrical mode of stimulation;
a mode-A device configured to provide an acoustic mode of stimulation produced by an electro-acoustic transducer included therein;
a mode-M device configured to provide a mechanical mode of stimulation, and
a mode-P device configured to provide a photo effect mode of stimulation;
an input device for obtaining a measurement of a perception evoked by applying to the recipient the two or more stimulation signal sets, wherein at least two of the two or more stimulation signal sets are for different stimulation modes; and
a processor for adjusting one or more of the stimulus mode weightings based on the difference between the measured evoked perception and a desired perception for the input signal.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the desired perception is determined using a perceptual model.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the perceptual model is selected from a library of perceptual models.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the desired perception is determined using an input-output model of an objective evoked response.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the input-output model is selected from a library of input-output models.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the multimodal hearing system further comprises memory for storing the adjusted stimulus mode weighting.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the two or more stimulation mode devices include the mode-A device.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the two or more stimulation mode devices include the mode-E device.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the two or more stimulation mode devices include the mode-M device.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the two or more stimulation mode devices include the mode-P device.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein:
the processor for adjusting the stimulus mode weightings is a first processor; and
the system further comprises:
a second signal processor for generating the two or more stimulation signal sets.
12. The system of claim 8, wherein:
the mode-E device includes an electrode array configured for at least one of insertion into and near the cochlea.
13. The system of claim 9, wherein:
the mode-M device includes an actuator configured to be coupled to a structural aspect of the inner ear fluid system so as to transfer vibrations thereto.
14. The system of claim 11, wherein:
the second signal processor is configured to generate the two or more stimulation signal sets based on two or more stimulation mode transfer functions, respectively.
15. The system of claim 14, wherein:
the two or more stimulation mode transfer functions correspond to the stimulus weightings, respectively; and
the second signal processor is configured to adjust the two or more stimulation mode transfer functions according to the corresponding stimulus mode weightings, respectively.
16. The system of claim 14, wherein:
the first processor is configured to alter the one or more of the stimulus mode weightings by altering at least one of gain, compression and attack time for at least one of the two or more stimulation modes.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein:
the first processor is further configured to alter the gain by at least increasing the gain.
18. The system of claim 14, wherein:
the first processor is configured to alter the one or more of the stimulus mode weightings by altering the frequency of one of the two or more stimulation devices.
19. The system of 18, wherein:
the first processor is further configured to alter the frequency by at least increasing the frequency.
20. The system of claim 1, wherein:
the signal processor is further configured to store the adjusted stimulus mode weightings in a user-specific MAP.
21. The system of claim 1, wherein:
the processor, in cooperation with the two or more devices and the input device, is configured to adjust iteratively.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A milling machine for producing toothed wheels comprising
a machine frame,
a workpiece receiver for receiving a workpiece to be toothed, which workpiece receiver
is arranged on the machine frame, and
is pivotable about a workpiece pivot axis,
a first machining unit for producing a tooth system on the workpiece, wherein
the latter has a first tool spindle to receive a milling tool,
the first tool spindle is movable linearly relative to the workpiece receiver in at least two directions, and
the first tool spindle is pivotable about a first spindle pivot axis, which runs parallel to the workpiece pivot axis,
a second machining unit for producing the tooth system on the workpiece, wherein
the latter has a second tool spindle to receive a milling tool, and
the second tool spindle is movable linearly relative to the workpiece receiver in at least two directions.
2. A milling machine according to claim 1, wherein
the first tool spindle has a first tool receiver for the milling tool, which tool receiver is rotatably drivable by means of a first spindle drive motor about a first spindle rotational axis,
the second tool spindle has a second tool receiver for the milling tool, which tool receiver is rotatably drivable by means of a second spindle drive motor about a second spindle rotational axis, and
the spindle rotational axes, to produce the tooth system, enclose an angle \u03b1, which does not equal 180\xb0, wherein the angle \u03b1 is located in a horizontal plane.
3. A milling machine according to claim 1, wherein
the spindle rotational axes, to produce the tooth system, in each case run perpendicular to the workpiece pivot axis and intersect the workpiece pivot axis, the workpiece pivot axis running in a vertical z direction.
4. A milling machine according to claim 1, wherein
the tool spindles are movable linearly relative to the workpiece receiver in at least three directions, in each case.
5. A milling machine according to claim 1, wherein
at least one of the tool spindles is pivotable about a second spindle pivot axis, which runs perpendicular to the workpiece pivot axis.
6. A milling machine according to claim 1, wherein
each of the tool spindles is pivotable about a second spindle pivot axis, which runs perpendicular to the workpiece pivot axis.
7. A milling machine according to claim 1, wherein
x-guide rails running in a horizontal x-direction are arranged on the machine frame, and
the machining units are movable linearly in the x-direction by means of a respective x-drive motor.
8. A milling machine according to claim 7, wherein
the machine frame is configured in the manner of a stand and the x-guide rails are arranged spaced apart from one another in a vertical z-direction on the machine frame.
9. A milling machine according to claim 7, wherein
each of the machining units comprises:
an x-slide, which is movable on the x-guide rails,
z-guide rails, which are arranged on the x-slide and run in a vertical z-direction, and
a z-slide, which is movable linearly on the z-guide rails by means of a z-drive motor.
10. A milling machine according to claim 9, wherein
each of the machining units comprises:
a support part projecting in a horizontal y-direction and arranged on the z-slide,
y-guide rails running in the y-direction and arranged on the support part, and
a y-slide, which is movable linearly on the y-guide rails by means of a y-drive motor.
11. A milling machine according to claim 10, wherein the y-guide rails are spaced apart from one another in the x-direction and the respective y-slide is arranged hanging on the associated support part.
12. A milling machine according to claim 10, wherein
the tool spindles are arranged on the respective y-slide and the spindle rotational axis of the second tool spindle is arranged parallel to the x-direction.
13. A milling machine according to claim 10, wherein
at least one of the tool spindles is arranged by means of a spindle holder on the associated y-slide, the at least one tool spindle being pivotable by means of a b-drive motor about the second spindle pivot axis.
14. A milling machine according to claim 9, wherein
each of the tool spindles is arranged by means of a spindle holder on the associated y-slide, the at least one tool spindle being pivotable by means of a b-drive motor about the second spindle pivot axis.
15. A milling machine according to claim 10, wherein
the first tool spindle is arranged on the associated y-slide so as to be pivotable by means of a c-drive motor about the first spindle pivot axis.
16. A milling machine according to claim 14, wherein
the workpiece receiver is pivotable without play about the workpiece pivot axis by means of two c-drive motors.
17. A milling machine according to claim 1, wherein
the first spindle pivot axis runs spaced apart from the workpiece pivot axis.