Figure 2.

The Vibrant Soundbridge (VSB) implantable hearing device. The VSB system is comprised of two parts: the internal component is called the vibrating ossicular prosthesis (VORP) and the external component is an audio processor (AP). The VORP consists of a receiver coil, a magnet to hold the Amadé audio processor over the implant, a demodulator, the conductor link, and the floating mass transducer (FMT). The receiver coil sends the sound signal from the audio processor to the demodulator or electronics package. The demodulator demodulates the signal so that it can be converted into signals that will drive the FMT. The conductor link just sends these signals to the FMT. Adapted from marketing materials on the VSB, with permission of MED-EL, Innsbruck, Austria.