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| 20090067653 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES OF A HEARING PROSTHESIS - A method of wireless communication between hearing aid devices of a hearing prosthesis. A first device selects a frequency channel for bidirectional wireless communication from a predefined series of frequency channels. A second device transmits a command signal repeatedly over the series of frequency channels until it transmits the command signal over the frequency channel selected by the first device. Subsequent commands send by the second device to the first device are initially transmitted over the selected frequency channel. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090306743 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATED OBSERVATION FITTING - Fitting an auditory prosthesis to a recipient by automatically determining operational thresholds of the prosthesis based on changes in the activity of the recipient that occur in response to applied stimulation signals. Such changes in recipient activity are detected by an inertial measurement unit (IMU) permanently or temporarily secured to or implanted in the recipient as an integral part of the prosthesis or a separate device operationally coupled to the prosthesis. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20110004273 | SOUND COMMAND TO STIMULATION CONVERTER - A method and system for stimulating a tissue-stimulating prosthesis is disclosed. The method and system comprise receiving a sound command, such a MIDI command, and converting the sound to a stimulation signal. The stimulation signal is then used to provide stimulation to a recipient so that the recipient may perceive sound in accordance with the received sound command. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110087325 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT CONFIGURATION - An electronic system is provided which includes a number of components. Each component includes one or more integrated circuits. During normal operation of the system, each integrated circuit provides individual operating functionality for its respective component. At least one of the integrated circuits is installed as a generic integrated circuit capable of providing any one of a number of potential operating functionalities. The generic integrated circuit is arranged to determine where in the system it has been installed upon system initialization, and, based upon the determination, configure itself to provide the required individual operating functionality for normal operation of the system. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110093039 | SCHEDULING INFORMATION DELIVERY TO A RECIPIENT IN A HEARING PROSTHESIS - A hearing prosthesis for use by a recipient. The hearing prosthesis includes a receiver configured to receive sounds external to the recipient, a stimulator configured to stimulate tissue of the recipient to enhance recipient hearing, a sound analyzer configured to analyze the sounds received by the receiver, the sound analyzer further being configured to output a sound analysis signal indicative of the analyzed sounds, an information signal generator configured to output an information signal upon which an inputted indication that is provided to the recipient via the stimulator may be based, and an information scheduler configured to control the time at which the information signal is delivered to the stimulator based on the sound analysis signal. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110112355 | IMPLANTABLE SOUND SENSOR FOR HEARING PROSTHESES - A sound sensor implantable in a recipient of a hearing device. The sound sensor comprises a biocompatible housing comprising a cavity having an opening at a first end of the housing and a membrane attached to the housing so as to hermetically seal the opening, wherein the membrane vibrates in response to vibration of at least one of a structure of the recipient's ear and fluid within one of the recipient's body cavities. The sound sensor also comprises a vibrational sensor disposed in the housing configured to detect vibrations of the membrane, and configured to generate signals representative of the detected vibrations; and a transmitter configured to provide the generated signals to one or more other components implanted in the recipient. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110178363 | PROGRAMMABLE HEARING PROSTHESES - A hearing prosthesis and method of programming a processor of a hearing prosthesis are described. In order to provide compatibility with updated fitting software, the prosthesis stores at least the transformation instructions to convert measured parameters into operating coefficients for the hearing prosthesis. As a consequence, the fitting software need not be made specifically compatible with older devices. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110190568 | ENHANCED PERFORMANCE IMPLANTABLE MICROPHONE SYSTEM - To improve the performance of an implantable hearing prothesis having an implanted microphone, the present invention discloses the use of an acoustic hearing aid to amplify the ambient sound signals. This results in a higher signal level for the implanted microphone, and hence improved performance. | 08-04-2011 |
