Systems and methods for facilitating time-based fitting by a sound processor
AssigneeAdvanced Bionics AG
InventorsJacob Johnston, Guillermo A. Calle, Fernando Chapa
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Abstract
An exemplary sound processor (104) included in an auditory prosthesis system includes 1) a clock facility (406) configured to detect an elapsing of a predetermined amount of time and 2) a fitting facility (408) communicatively coupled to the clock facility and configured to automatically perform, in response to the elapsing of the predetermined amount of time, one or more fitting operations with respect to the auditory prosthesis system. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
Claims19
A sound processor included in an auditory prosthesis system and comprising:
- a clock facility that detects an elapsing of a predetermined amount of time;
- and
- a fitting facility communicatively coupled to the clock facility and that automatically performs, in response to the elapsing of the predetermined amount of time, one or more fitting operations with respect to the auditory prosthesis system by
- detecting one or more shorted electrodes included in a plurality of electrodes included in the auditory prosthesis system,
- disabling the one or more shorted electrodes, and
- remapping frequencies associated with the one or more shorted electrodes to one or more non-shorted electrodes included in the plurality of electrodes.
A system comprising:
- a fitting facility that performs an initial fitting operation with respect to an auditory prosthesis system used by a patient while a sound processor included in the auditory prosthesis system is communicatively coupled to the system;
- a user interface facility communicatively coupled to the fitting facility and that receives user input representative of an amount of time and a subsequent fitting operation to be performed by the sound processor with respect to the auditory prosthesis system in response to an elapsing of the amount of time, the subsequent fitting operation comprising
- detecting one or more shorted electrodes included in a plurality of electrodes included in the auditory prosthesis system,
- disabling the one or more shorted electrodes, and
- remapping frequencies associated with the one or more shorted electrodes to one or more non-shorted electrodes included in the plurality of electrodes;
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- a programming facility communicatively coupled to the user interface facility and that programs the sound processor to automatically perform the subsequent fitting operation in response to an elapsing of the amount of time.
A method comprising:
- detecting, by a sound processor included in an auditory prosthesis system, an elapsing of a predetermined amount of time;
- automatically performing, by the sound processor in response to the elapsing of the predetermined amount of time, one or more fitting operations with respect to the auditory prosthesis system by
- detecting one or more shorted electrodes included in a plurality of electrodes included in the auditory prosthesis system,
- disabling the one or more shorted electrodes, and
- remapping frequencies associated with the one or more shorted electrodes to one or more non-shorted electrodes included in the plurality of electrodes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.