Testing the Clinical Programming Software of Cochlear Implant System

Abstract

Computer based bio-electronic systems are used for replacement of damaged human parts such as Bionic-ear for deafness, Bionic-eye for blindness, Deep Brain Stimulator for diseases of the brain, and Bionic-arm for arm prostheses. Algorithms for controlling bionic system are based on the specific bionic devices like bionic ear with sound processing software and bionic eye with image processing software. A lot of research is going on to improve the performance of bionic systems in respect of achieving near 100% functionality, low cost and smaller sizes with higher reliability and safety. The aim of the paper is to design, development and testing for different bugs in clinical programming software (CPS) of a Cochlear Implant system that is also called as Bionic Ear. The focus of this paper is identification of different types of bugs like some of the common programming errors for CPS with suitable examples, Requirements, and Coding bugs. Testing must show that hazards have been eliminated or controlled to an acceptable level of risk. This collection is to create programmer aware of these errors of CPS of cochlear implant, so they avoid them and also develop the VB.NET based Clinical Programming for data monitoring of patient with profoundly deaf. In this some inadequate programming practices that are often the cause of many kinds of bugs in CPS