Patent No. 6430443 Method and apparatus for treating auditory hallucinations
Patent No. 6430443 Method and apparatus for treating auditory hallucinations (Karell, Aug 6, 2002) Abstract Stimulating one or more vestibulocochlear nerves or cochlea or cochlear regions will treat, prevent and control auditory hallucinations. Notes: FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention generally relates to method and apparatus for treating, controlling or preventing auditory hallucinations by the application of modulating electrical signals to a vestibulocochlear cranial nerve or cochlea or cochlear region and/or by the application of audio signals through an ear. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Scientific advances have revealed that schizophrenia is primarily organic and not psychological in nature. Scrambled language, distorted thoughts, and auditory hallucinations are the hallmarks of schizophrenia and have been linked to abnormal physical changes in specific areas of the human brain that begin duri