Wireless communication in a multimodal auditory prosthesis
First Claim
1. An auditory prosthesis comprising:
- a sound processing unit configured to process sound and to generate electrical signals representing different frequency components of the processed sound;
an implantable stimulation module communicably coupled to the sound processing unit, the stimulation module configured to stimulate a recipient to evoke a hearing percept of a first range of the frequency components; and
an external stimulation module, configured to be positioned within an externally accessible portion of an ear of the recipient, comprising;
a receiver unit configured to wirelessly receive the electrical signals representing the different frequency components, and a transducerconfigured to deliver acoustic or mechanical energy to the recipient'"'"'s ear to evoke a hearing percept of a second range of the frequency components, wherein the second range of frequency components is different than the first range of frequency components.
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Abstract
A multimodal auditory prosthesis. The prosthesis comprises a sound processing unit configured to process sound and to generate electrical signals representing different frequency components of the processed sound and a stimulation module communicably coupled to the sound processing unit, configured to stimulate the recipient to evoke a hearing percept of a range of the frequency components. The prosthesis also comprises an external stimulation module, configured to be positioned within an externally accessible portion of the recipient'"'"'s first ear, comprising: a receiver unit to wirelessly receive the electrical signals representing the different frequency components, and a transducer that delivers acoustic or mechanical energy to the recipient'"'"'s ear to evoke a hearing percept of a range of the frequency components.
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32 Claims
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1. An auditory prosthesis comprising:
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a sound processing unit configured to process sound and to generate electrical signals representing different frequency components of the processed sound; an implantable stimulation module communicably coupled to the sound processing unit, the stimulation module configured to stimulate a recipient to evoke a hearing percept of a first range of the frequency components; and an external stimulation module, configured to be positioned within an externally accessible portion of an ear of the recipient, comprising;
a receiver unit configured to wirelessly receive the electrical signals representing the different frequency components, and a transducerconfigured to deliver acoustic or mechanical energy to the recipient'"'"'s ear to evoke a hearing percept of a second range of the frequency components, wherein the second range of frequency components is different than the first range of frequency components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A bilateral auditory prosthesis comprising:
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a sound processing unit configured to process sound and to generate electrical signals representing different frequency components of the processed sound; an implantable stimulation module communicably coupled to the sound processing unit, the stimulation module configured to stimulate a recipient to evoke a hearing percept of a first range of the frequency components; an external stimulation module, configured to be positioned within an externally accessible portion of a first ear of the recipient and comprising;
a receiver unit configured to wirelessly receive the electrical signals representing the different frequency components, and a transducer configured to deliver acoustic or mechanical energy to the recipient'"'"'s ear to evoke a hearing percept of a second range of the frequency components, wherein the second range of frequency components is different than the first range of frequency components; andan external device, configured to be positioned within an externally accessible portion of the recipient'"'"'s second ear, configured to wirelessly communicate with one or more of the stimulation module and the sound processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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