System and method for autonomously enabling an auditory prosthesis

An apparatus comprising:

• sound processing circuitry of an auditory prosthesis, the sound processing circuitry configured to access one or more signal processing data sets, to use at least one of the accessed signal processing data sets to process signals received from a microphone of the auditory prosthesis, and to generate stimulation signals transmitted to at least a portion of the auditory system of a recipient of the auditory prosthesis;
• data storage circuitry configured to store the one or more signal processing data sets;
• and
• control circuitry of the auditory prosthesis, the control circuitry configured to access information indicative of at least one of:
• a programming status of the auditory prosthesis, an identification of the auditory prosthesis, and a power status of the auditory prosthesis, the control circuitry further configured to selectively initiate, in response at least in part to the accessed information, autonomous programming of the auditory prosthesis to generate or modify at least one of the signal processing data sets.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor configured to generate at least one control signal;
• at least one communication link in operable communication with the at least one processor, the at least one communication link configured to transmit the at least one control signal to an implanted auditory prosthesis and to receive at least one status signal from the implanted auditory prosthesis, the implanted auditory prosthesis comprising a sound processor configured to transmit the at least one status signal indicative of a status of the sound processor and to perform, in response to the at least one control signal, autonomous programming to generate or modify of at least one operational parameter map;
• at least one indicator in operable communication with the at least one processor, the at least one indicator configured to communicate, in response to the received at least one status signal, the status of the sound processor to at least one of a recipient of the implanted auditory prosthesis and a clinician;
• and
• at least one user input mechanism in operable communication with the at least one processor, the at least one user input mechanism configured to be utilized by the at least one of the recipient and the clinician to provide at least one user input signal to the at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to respond to the at least one user input signal by generating the at least one control signal.