Recording and retrieval of sound data in a hearing prosthesis
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorsJohn Chambers, Michael Goorevich, Konstadinos Hatzianestis, Koen Van den Heuvel, Paul M. Carter
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Abstract
A hearing prosthesis for delivering stimuli to a hearing-impaired recipient is disclosed, the hearing prosthesis comprising: a sound transducer for converting received sound signals into electric audio signals; a sound processor for converting said electric audio signals into stimuli signals; a stimulator for delivering said stimuli to the recipient; a memory for storing data representative of sound signals; and a controller configured to cause selected sound data to be retrieved from said memory and processed by said sound processor.
Claims14
A hearing prosthesis for delivering stimuli to a hearing-impaired recipient, comprising:
- a sound transducer for converting received sound signals into electric audio signals;
- a sound processor for converting said electric audio signals into stimuli signals;
- a stimulator for delivering said stimuli signals to the recipient;
- a memory for storing data representative of said received sound signals;
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- a controller configured to cause selected sound data to be retrieved from said memory and processed by said sound processor.
A method for delivering stimuli to a hearing-impaired recipient, comprising:
- converting received sound signals into electric audio signals;
- converting said electric audio signals into stimuli signals;
- delivering said stimuli signals to the recipient;
- storing data representative of said received sound signals;
- retrieving selected sound data from said memory;
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- processing said retrieval sound data by said sound processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.