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US 11,910,164 B2Granted
Hearing aid adapter
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorsAlexander Case, Michael Goorevich
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Abstract
Presented herein are stand-alone hearing aid adapters configured to enable the use of the recipient's hearing aid to detect and process ambient sound signals and to convert output signals generated by the acoustic hearing aid into input signals useable by the implantable hearing prosthesis for generation and delivery of stimulation to a recipient
Claims28
A hearing aid adapter, comprising:
- at least one input element configured to receive hearing aid output signals generated by a sound processor of an acoustic hearing aid;
- an adaption module configured to convert the hearing aid output signals into implantable hearing prosthesis input signals;
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- a transmitter configured to transcutaneously transmit the implantable hearing prosthesis input signals to an implantable hearing prosthesis implanted within a recipient, the implantable hearing prosthesis being a separate component from the hearing aid adapter.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a hearing aid adapter in communication with an acoustic hearing aid, output signals generated by the acoustic hearing aid based on sound signals received at the acoustic hearing aid;
- converting, with the hearing aid adapter, the output signals into implantable hearing prosthesis input signals;
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- transcutaneously sending the implantable hearing prosthesis input signals from the hearing aid adapter to an implantable hearing prosthesis that is a separate component from the hearing aid adapter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.