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Headpieceless hearing assistance apparatus, systems and methods with distributed power

  • US 10,406,372 B2
  • Filed: 03/22/2014
  • Issued: 09/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hearing assistance system, comprising:

  • an implantable cochlear stimulator including a battery, an electrode array, a stimulation data receiver apparatus, and a stimulation processor operably connected to the stimulation data receiver apparatus and to the electrode array;

    a hearing assistance device including a battery, sound processor circuitry that converts electrical signals from a microphone into stimulation data, and a data communication apparatus configured to wirelessly transmit the stimulation data; and

    a retransmission apparatus, including a data communication apparatus, that wirelessly receives the stimulation data and wirelessly transmits the stimulation data to the implantable cochlear stimulator;

    wherein the system does not include a headpiece.

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