Auditory Front End Customization
First Claim
1. A method of customizing a cochlear implant front end, the method comprising:
- receiving a known audio signal;
sampling the received audio signal at one or more locations along one or more signal paths to generate a sampled audio signal;
comparing the sampled audio signal against the known audio signal to detect an undesired transformation of the sampled audio signal;
based on the comparison, generating a digital filter operative to minimize the undesired transformation of the sampled audio signal; and
providing the generated filter in the one or more signal paths.
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Abstract
A method and system for implementing an acoustical front end customization are disclosed. The customization is implemented to optimize the sound level for each individual cochlear implant user. A known audio signal is generated using a sound source and captured by a microphone system. The captured sound signal is sampled at one or more locations along the signal processing pathway, and a spectrum is determined for the sampled signal and the known signal. A ratio of the two spectrums is related to the undesired transformation of the sampled signal, and a digital filter is designed based on the ratio to filter out the undesired transformation.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of customizing a cochlear implant front end, the method comprising:
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receiving a known audio signal; sampling the received audio signal at one or more locations along one or more signal paths to generate a sampled audio signal; comparing the sampled audio signal against the known audio signal to detect an undesired transformation of the sampled audio signal; based on the comparison, generating a digital filter operative to minimize the undesired transformation of the sampled audio signal; and providing the generated filter in the one or more signal paths. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for customizing a cochlear implant front end, the system comprising:
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a signal generator operable to generate a known audio signal; a microphone system operable to capture the generated audio signal; a signal processing system operable to process the captured audio signal along one or more signal paths; a signal sampler operable to sample the processed audio signal at one or more locations along the signal path; a signal comparator operable to compare the sampled audio signal against the generated known audio signal to detect an undesired transformation of the sampled audio signal; a signal filter operable to filter the sampled audio signal based on the comparison to minimize the undesired transformation of the sampled audio signal; and a signal output generator operable to generate an output signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A machine readable medium storing instructions operative to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a known audio signal; sampling the received audio signal at one or more locations along one or more signal paths to generate a sampled audio signal; comparing a spectrum of the sampled audio signal against a spectrum of the known audio signal to detect an undesired transformation of the sampled audio signal; based on the comparison, generating a digital filter to minimize the undesired transformation of the sampled audio signal; and providing the generated digital filter in the one or more signal paths. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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